[QUOTE=c.captain;40981]They won’t accept the USCG STCW/License as proof of medical fitness[/QUOTE]
…and the Coast Guard will not accept an ENG1 Medical Certificate, but that’s hardly the reason not to get what’s needed when time to renew. I mean, hell…tell them that you HAVE the damn thing, but it’s at home - on your desk…that’s what I would do. Then get the damn thing.
Formalities should not keep you from getting a job and it certainly should not cause someone to blame the Coast Guard because of it. That’s like blaming the cat food company for the neighbors dog eating your cat’s food.