I shouldn't get into it- especially since the original poster may be trolling... ("carbon fiber" I17 hulls? I think not...)
BUT, The N17 rating will never change because of who sits on the DPN committee. And others.. Ding... are happy to play along!

(where are those area D numbers again?)
flame on!
AND BTW... who was making such a fuss about wanting the DPN for the F16 to go down? Now ya'll complaining about the N17 rating? What did you think would happen?