[BC] KWVE redux

[Jerry Mathis]

If one wanted to send a letter to the Commish expressing their opinion about
this, who should the letter be addressed to? Is there a procedure in place
for such?

--
Jerry Mathis


On 10/6/09, Alan Kline <akline at netins.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Barry, and thanks for passing on the station's side of things.
> You're right, it's good to know the other side of the story.
>
> The Commission seems to forget that the entire point of doing EAS tests
> is to ensure that the equipment works *and* that the operators are
> trained in its use. It stands to reason that when fallible humans do
> this type of thing, there will occasionally be mistakes. That's the
> entire point of doing tests! That's our opportunity to find the
> mistakes, retrain where necessary, and refine procedures, *BEFORE* an
> activation takes place! What's the point of doing tests if the
> Commission expects us to be absolutely perfect, without human failure,
> every singe time?
>
> There is something seriously, seriously wrong with our regulatory scheme
> where normal human mistakes and errors are considered to be "willful"
> violations of the law...
>
> ak
>
>