Flyer69
January 21, 2012, 2:34pm
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You seem to have some basic misunderstanding and you are so insistent on thinking that way that you cannot see what oriole are trying to tell you. You do not get 360 days of sea time from completing the program. You are allowed to get an AB Special with less sea time than normal because you competed their program. You do not qualify for a 200 ton mate based on that, because it us not in their approval later.
For someone who worked on deck for 360 days then it friends on what they want to do. If they want to work on ships, a 200 ton license will not help them at all. Then again, neither will an AB Special.
And actually, yes the regulations do require you to have time as an AB to get your 3M, and any mate license over 200grt.
Capt. Schmitt its obvious you are the one with the basic misunderstanding. When she rephrases the question for the fourteenth time it will suddenly be crystal clear to you.