[EAS] FW: IPAWS Tip: Use Weekly Tests to Ensure IPAWS Production Success

[Dave Kline]

I understand Mike.

But finding much recent data on an actual inspection these days that involved nothing more than looking at station logs for EAS entries may not be as easy to find as it once was. With ABIP inspections, the number of routine FCC inspections should be way down. When the Tiger Team swoops in, they are usually looking for something specific, based on a complaint or a direct observation of something that stands out like a sore thumb. Certainly once you've attracted their attention, they will likely look at everything. But if you are as diligent about the rest of the operation, so as to be concerned about the "proper" way to log EAS activity, you are likely not doing anything that will wake up the tiger in the first place. 
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Dave Kline
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On Apr 5, 2018, at 9:49 AM, Mike McCarthy wrote:

>That is why I asked the question about precedent where this was vetted by
>an actual FCC inspection (not ABIP) and/or NOV resolved in some definitive
>manner.

>We can all opine practice as we choose, including that of the ABIP
>inspectors. It's what the people in DC and wearing the badges interpret
>which matters in the end.  Everyone else's opinion is irrelevant.

>My next stop is indeed counsel sending them a proposed Station Log form.
>My fear is they'll simply say the same thing you're saying...  Hence the
>question of asking about precedent here in the trenches.  If I have a case
>to research, then it makes the matter far simpler to resolve.

>MM

>On Thu, April 5, 2018 8:36 am, Dave Kline wrote:

>>We all have our opinions about the right way to do something. None of
>>our's matters though because any experience we may have might not apply
>>in your case. It's the guy who generates the citation that you care
>>about.

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