I absolutely agree with that.+

(if one agrees with this Oldster, all is good, otherwise you will spend a
week as a cashier in the Wal-Mart checkout lane)

With just one "class" everyone is free to try any band, any
mode, as they wish. Those that want to specialize in certain
bands with specific modes can continue to do so.

(I think I'll try 11 meters, thank you)

The Commission is, and has been, quite free with OPTIONS open
to most licensees. To paraphrase Gene Kranz' famous line
during Apollo 13's near disaster, "Option is no failure!"

And may I say, "Age is no excuse."

So, Lennie, Star Spangled Banner music sully forth and do your best to
address the varicose veins that make your legs appear as an Allied map of
the Rhine River crossing of WW II. Those old legs must have jumped from an
uncountable number of perfectly good aircraft...or were pushed from the
backs of moving Deuce-and-a-Halfs to join the rest of the roadside detritus.

The latter is most likely how you served.