[QUOTE=jdcavo;21883]The Master of Freight and Towing license, was not “taken away.” In [B]1987[/B] it was replaced with Master 1600 Tons. At the time, you got a license that gave you MORE authority than you had before. However in the early 1990’s a tug sunk a train and everything changed, but had you worked on towing vessels, you would have been grandfathered to the new license.[/QUOTE]
I have to say, I’m more than a little confused. I was operating a tug with a 200 ton license. Then I upgraded to 1600 ton. I WAS grandfathered in, and added a Master of Towing when that became available. And I am just now learning that because I now have a Chief Mate’s license, I am to be punished because I dare to work on unlimited tonnage vessels. This makes no fucking sense what-so-ever. Coast Guard logic is definitely twisted.