Thread: FAL renewal interview

I find the “rights vs privilege” argument interesting. On one hand it is a right, as you pay your money, do the test and if you pass you must be issued with a licence. This is the case with many other licences. Some you don’t even have to pass a test and the process is open to generally every member of the public. A test is merely to ascertain a baseline of competency.
On the other hand, there is a certain amount of subjective discretion on whether they decide you are suitable enough to hold a licence or not, therefore you should feel privileged they are magnanimous enough to wave their arms in the air and declare you of suitable character to hold said licence. There does have to be very clear justification for rejecting the application as this can be challenged, therefore further weakening the privilege argument.