BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - Captain of Ill-Fated El Faro Described as ‘Experienced’ and ‘Trusted’ Mariner

Alex[_5_]

Boating All Out wrote:
In article ,
says...
On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:59:26 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:49:39 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

The fact still remains that the final decision was up to the captain
and the crew.
They had a simple bail out option of sailing west around the storm
but, as Wayne pointed out, they may have had a problem of when dockage
was going to be available in San Juan. Ships are not making any money
when they are sitting at anchor outside a port and I assume that loss
trickles down to the lowliest oiler in the engine room.
I am sure the decision to press on was made by the majority of the
crew
You're nuts.
Make a point or shut your pie hole

What part of that was wrong?
Jesus. I have to explain? The "crew" doesn't make
navigation decisions.
It's the Captain with blood on his dead hands.
The non-officers in the crew were members of the Seafarers
Union, and don't engage in ship navigation.
What's this trickle-down bull****? These guys are paid a
monthly salary. They don't have ****ing profit-sharing.

Relax, Kevin!