John Smith wrote:

A direct quote from Jim Haynie, "The ARRL president asserted
that many
Amateur Extra class licensees couldn't pass today's Element 4
examination if they had to..."

Well, some of them couldn't, anyway.

The same is true of some hams in every license class, and
has been true for some hams at least as long as I've been aware of ham
radio.

But I'm not one of those that W5JBP was speaking about.

Since I got my ham license 37-1/2 years ago (October 1967, age
13), I've always been able to pass the tests for the license
I hold. Since 1970 (age 16), that's been the Extra.

Every couple of months I do an online practice test just to
make sure.