[QUOTE=Capt. Phoenix;182131]While I agree that it shouldn’t have happened, I can understand how it happened. I expect that they submitted their course for approval them scheduled it for a few months or so (giving the NMC plenty of time to approve them) so people had time to register. Then, the NMC being government bureaucracy took much longer than any reasonable person could possibly expect.[/QUOTE]
They could have sent an e-mail or made a phone call as soon as they received the approval. As long as the approval has been granted, NMC routinely accommodates these requests. The school either neglected to notice the dates of their approval, or did and chose to take their chances. This is not the same as a mariner who deals with NMC once every five years. This school has been around for over 20 years and deals with NMC on a regular basis. They know, oer should know how long it takes for NMC to evaluate and approve a course.
What is your basis for assuming the fault was NMC’s? Do you know when the course was submitted for approval? As far as “overnment bureaucracy” NMC typically responds faster than non-governmental entities doing the same thing (DNV on VSO courses, Nauticai Institute for DP training)