In article , "Jim Hampton"
writes:

I believe that if a technician was licensed a long time ago, he would
already be grandfathered to general.

The date in question is March 21, 1987. If you can show that you had a Tech
before that date, you get credit for Element 1 and Element 3. That plus a
current Tech gets you a General. But you have to go to a VE session to cash in
the credits.

I also believe that the codeless techs
and tech pluses are lacking one element of written exam to be grandfathered
into a general class ticket, but I could well be wrong.

Element 3. March 21, 1987 is when the old General/Tech written (old old Element
3) was split into separate Tech and General parts (old Elements 3A and 3B).

73 de Jim, N2EY