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I called ATF again this morning and both applications are still pending. Mask is with an examiner and Nomad has not been assigned to an examiner. I asked why some applications that were submitted after mine have been approved? The guy says he doesn't know but asks if I want to speak with the examiner that is reviewing my background for the Mask.
- Well of course I do.
I was transferred to the examiner and she could not have been more pleasant to speak with. She pulled up my serial number and said that she is waiting to approve my application however the guy that entered my application into their system made a data entry error and he is the only one authorized to fix it. She stated that she sent him a notification to make the correction so that she can complete her process but he has not done so yet. She continues to tell me the guy that made the error is not at work and she doesn't know when he will return. Before my filter could catch it I said I hope he doesn't have the coronavirus. She laughingly agreed. Sensing she has a good sense of humor I jokingly asked if it was possible that the application that I submitted in September (Nomad) could be approved before the one in February and she said that she hopes not.
I asked how many examiners do they have and how many applications do they receive. She said there are 37 examiners and they receive about 330,000 applications annually. Just doing the math, that is $66 million in taxes they are collecting and here we were buying into the false promises of the Hearing Protection Act. The federal government is not going to stop a revenue stream that large as there are too many other programs and agencies that money gets redistributed too.
So the saga continues.
Dead Air Mask:
Bought 1/8/2019
Check cashed 2/28/2019
Approved 2/4/2020 - 341 days
In hand 2/12/2010
Dead Air Nomad:
Bought 9/5/2019
Check cashed 9/10/2019
Approved 2/5/2020 - 148 days
In hand 2/14/2020
They are all over the place. They are doing f4 trusts from 11/19 like they did f4 indivuals last summer, sub 90 days to get approval times down. I figured most f4 individuals were getting aprroved mid may 19. January 19 is ridiculously long.Trust or individual?
When posting approved dates, if you can post if you submitted individual or trust that helps to figure out when things are coming back. Recently it was mostly individual forms that were coming back pretty quickly (like sub 200 days) but seems like Iv'e seen one or two trusts that came back sooner than "normal" (300+ days).