DISGRUNTLED MARINER.
Good day to you all. I thought I would share this e-mail with you that I received over the weekend. I can hear the anger and frustration in this and once again I would like to apologize for the NMC for creating yet another happy and satisfied customer.
This person has every right to feel this way, you and I have felt this way many times and I know I have surpassed his/her frustration level by a magnitude of thousands over my years with the REC, so believe me, I do not take this personally.
Touch Keys with you later,
N.
Queston:
In reading your 5-19-09 Blog, “Are my services really necessary?”, I’d have to say no. It’s not that I doubt you are an expert in this area. I too have studied the CFR’s, MSM, STCW Code, etc, etc. The problem itself is the morons at the NMC. Submitting an application for a credential renewal,raise-of-grade (whatever it be)is a gamble at best. You know what you should get, but who knows what you WILL get. So no, I would not pay $25 for an answer I could research on my own. (I would probably provide a blank check, however, to have a competent person at the NMC handle my paperwork, provided such a person works there). The problem is, just because it IS a regulation means nothing. It’s all about how the untrained NMC evaluator interprets your application.