Thats an absolute dick move by the PD. I hope he kept a copy of his application with the correct box checked. Its not on him to reapply, its on the PD to correct THEIR MISTAKE.
I'd demand a meeting with the chief.
I basically agree with you, but I'd do the following things first:
- I'd make sure that I had a copy of the application form that I presented to the PD,
- I'd check to see what the MIRCS form he signed stated on it (they should be the same),
- I'd call FRB and discuss what he did and what happened to them and ask them HOW this can be corrected . . . what steps the PD has to take to do this.
- THEN I'd request a meeting with the chief, present all the docs (copies only) plus info that FRB told him to correct it and ask the chief to correct the mistake accordingly.
If he never gave a filled out app to the PD (some PDs say not needed, just come in and we'll fat-finger our way thru it online only - BAD thing to do) and the MIRCS form he signed states FID (very likely the case), he'll have a very tough time getting this corrected without coughing up another $100.00.
Now perhaps some here will see the merits in printing out an application form, keeping a copy of what you submitted and presenting a copy to the PD, CHECK that everything is correct (the same as you printed out) on the form the PD typed into the computer BEFORE signing it (easy to correct errors at that point) and keeping copies of everything!
NOTE: PDs are notoriously lazy so if you ask them to find out how to fix it, they most often WILL NOT do so and just tell you to re-apply (another $100.00), that's why you have to do the legwork for them. I once had an error on my LTC and called FRB prior to discussing it with the chief . . . he didn't want to bother fixing it and I had to force him to do so . . . he called me an a**h*** and I just smiled but he did get it fixed.
Good luck.