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I have offered my knowledge to Frank on this matter off list, but
Henry's response has prompted me to reply here.  I have to say that I
disagree with Henry in many ways.  I have people working for me who
were once 2nd class and even chief petty officers and most do not have
anything close to the knowledge of most US Merchant Marine officers.
I can't claim that all of the officer's are top notch, but on average
there certainly is a skill level far beyond a mid-ranked enlisted
person in the USN.

By the way Henry, the USCG has recently greatly increased the amount
of training required for nearly all levels of license and while the
paper testing requirements have decreased, the demonstration of
assessments at the officer level have greatly increased, especially at
the unlimited, oceans level.  I cannot speak of the lower levels of
license besides to say that during my last testing session at the
USCG, the 100 ton master candidates were splicing and throwing knots
for the examiner on top of their regular exams.

B/Rgds,

Jeremy

On Mar 9, 10:08�pm, hch  wrote:
> Frank,
> �
> A great deal would depend on what grade license your friend is talking 
about. The USCG has�infiltrated the marine industry with so many "operators" 
licenses or certificates, which some folks inocently�call "Captain's" 
licenses that your friend's information may be actually true at some level. I 
think I can assure you, however, that a real�top"anywhere/anything" license� 
would not be called a Captain's License, but rather a Master's License and is 
not available�without examination - at least I sure hope so. Since I am long 
past possible retribution, I can now openly state the opinion that the 
USCG�has endeavored to�lower the stature of a US Merchant Marine Officer to 
that of a 2nd class� USCG Petty Officer - there, I said it, and I'm glad.
> �
> Henry
> �
> Henry
>
> --- On Mon, 3/9/09, frankr...@HistoricalAtlas.com  wrote:
>
> From: frankr...@HistoricalAtlas.com 
> Subject: [NavList 7612] Online Captain's License?
> To: NavList@fer3.com
> Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 7:42 PM
>
> I'm asking this for a friend. Does anyone have any experience with
> MarinersSchool.com's online license programs? Is it true that you can take
> this course online and not have to take the inconvenient sit-down tests to get a
> legitimate USCG captain's license?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -FER
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