This was what I was asking, and I said the same thing....ALL his time
counts, where his license is concerned and he should not have a problem
with renewal, if he has "deepsea" time.
Thought maybe he thought he would lose it.

otn

Rick wrote:

otnmbrd wrote:

Sorry, but I disagree. Once you get that license, there is no way they
can take it from you, unless you can't pass the physical or you have
an incident that causes you to lose that license through revocation.


I don't recall anyone saying anything about the license being taken
away. If you just never show up to renew then it expires quietly and you
can do whatever you like with it.

You can lose the authority to use that license if you don't sail or jump
through all the hoops but to lose the license is an administrative thing
and that was never even mentioned to the best of my recollection.

I am not sure if Michael even needs to do anything other than turn in
his discharges to cover his 100 ton ticket anyway. All the CG asks for
is sea time, they don't care what the time is on unless it is for an
upgrade. Mine is tricky since my unlimited ticket is engine and my toy
ticket is deck ... though like I said they will count some unlimited
time spent "observing" on the bridge.

Rick