[BC] Minimum staffing

[Cowboy]

On Monday 02 March 2009 08:10 pm, Gary Peterson wrote:
>  ISTR, unless it has changed, that the chief operator of a directional AM
>  *must* be an employee (albeit not a full time one)...rather than a
>  contractor.  Wasn't there also a similar requirement for stations that ran
>  over a certain power level (10 kW)?  

 Yep. Non-D AM above, I think, you're 10 is right.

>  I bet there are some DCOs (designated chief operators) of directional AMs
>  that are either contractors or, as employees, couldn't tell the difference
>  between a FIM-41 and a Potomac phase monitor.  I don't think this
>  requirement ever got on the FCC's compliance checklist.

 What requirement ?

 There's a rule that the CO is responsible for technical compliance, but
 none that he/she must be technically competent him/herself.
 The CO can supervise engineers to achieve technical compliance as
 easily as do it himself, under the rules.

 Additionally, nearly all of the CO duties can be delegated to someone
 else, as long as the CO has supervisory oversight.

 It's merely a supervisory position, not an engineering position.
 ( which is WHY the CO must be an employee )

 I happen to be "the" guy for whom that clarification was issued.
 Odd way to be offered a job, but it was an OK job for 12 years or so.

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Cowboy