Applicants for 100 GRT MASTER will have to complete 9 MANAGEMENT LEVEL COURSES
OSV license structure MAY be drastically changes but is unclear at this point
Tonnage increments will change for the 200 mate/Master license medical care provider will be extended to licenses under 200 GRT also first aid and cpr
200 ton Mate/Master will add in approved training in 12 subject areas with the length of courses to be determined
On December 9 a session to the public comments will be held at the Renaissance Arts Hotel, 700 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans from 9:00 AM till Noon
Other hearings Miami December 1
New York December 2
Seattle December 11
Washington D.C. Jan. 20
Just got this information in writing from an Louisiana marine school
[quote=Mr 100-ton;22151]Some of the new proposed changes from the NMC
Master/Mate 500 GRT NC will no longer be issued
Applicants for 100 GRT MASTER will have to complete 9 MANAGEMENT LEVEL COURSES
OSV license structure MAY be drastically changes but is unclear at this point
Tonnage increments will change for the 200 mate/Master license medical care provider will be extended to licenses under 200 GRT also first aid and cpr
200 ton Mate/Master will add in approved training in 12 subject areas with the length of courses to be determined
On December 9 a session to the public comments will be held at the Renaissance Arts Hotel, 700 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans from 9:00 AM till Noon
Other hearings Miami December 1
New York December 2
Seattle December 11
Washington D.C. Jan. 20
Just got this information in writing from an Louisiana marine school[/quote]
[quote=Mr 100-ton;22151]
On December 9 a session to the public comments will be held at the Renaissance Arts Hotel, 700 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans from 9:00 AM till Noon
Other hearings Miami December 1
New York December 2
Seattle December 11
Washington D.C. Jan. 20[/quote]
**don’t know about anyone else…plan to attend…but damn a 3 hour meeting to comment on a 90 page document…seems to me they need a 3 day seminar!!
**anyone out there have a “cliffnotes” version of this “can of worms”??
**also is it just me or is the “time line” a tad rushed on this…USCG must be in a big hurry to squeeze this one out??
Should that be a surprise to anyone? They only drag their heels when the industry lobbyists put the squeeze on them, such as the now further delayed towing vessel inspection program.
[QUOTE=seadawg;22189]**don’t know about anyone else…plan to attend…but damn a 3 hour meeting to comment on a 90 page document…seems to me they need a 3 day seminar!!
**anyone out there have a “cliffnotes” version of this “can of worms”??
**also is it just me or is the “time line” a tad rushed on this…USCG must be in a big hurry to squeeze this one out??[/QUOTE]
Well, I’ll take the bullet this time. I’m going to go to the Seattle meeting.
No worries, I’ll take copious notes and post them in a new thread.
If anyone else is planning on going, come up and introduce yourself to me. I’m the astonishingly good looking tall blonde. (Wait, scratch that. I’m the average short brunette.)
Am I mistaken, or is the Coast Guard making it increasingly more difficult and more complicated to get a license?
If they keep adding requirements it will be easier to become a doctor than a merchant mariner. And doctors just have to work with sick people. Wait…so do mariners:D.
There are also video of the Miami and New York meetings, and I assume the New Orleans and Seattle after they are held. Thus far the meetings have been brief, and sparsely attended. Miami lasted 28 minutes and had 5 people attending, New York lasted about 40 and had about the same attendance.
Reading the new proposal nothing changes for the 100 ton license. Its the 200 ton license that everything changes, it basically the new 500 ton since they are getting rid of it.
pretty pathetic…makes me not want to waste time going…no wonder management and the USCG always has the mariner “on the run”!!
have been dissecting the document and copious taking notes…maybe I can dazzle them brilliance and mostly baffle them with bullshit for at least 15 minutes of fame!!
I think that as well intentioned as most of us are that we either are working and can’t get there, or like myself, found out to late to make the trip. I would have liked to be there in Miami had I known earlier. Even with not much to add, the presence of mariners at least shows interest. Now it appears as if most of us don’t care.
Those of you who do get to a meeting please emphasize the needs of those who cannot be there. I really only want to protect what I have at this stage.
From first notice of the proposed rule to comment meetings seems timed to ensure we cannot reasonably attend.
