On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:10:28 GMT, otnmbrd
wrote:


Why I think your closed mind fits very well on the bridge otn...you know
what you know...you don't know why it is true or understand the
alternatives...but you know what you know.

Sometimes, your conclusions astound me. This is one of them.
The Captain and Mates on the Majesty screwed up in many ways. The
central screw-up was being "GPS Centric". They relied solely on the GPS
and it's high end plotter and auto pilot, when all around them were
tools which were showing that a problem existed, if they'd just used them.


Actually, the GPS was not in use. It was just that nobody thought to
check if it was for 600 nm. Reconnecting the antenna would have solved
the problem, as would have several of the other things nobody bothered
to check.

They were "integrated-bridge-system centric." A significant
difference.





Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a

"If any question why we died
Tell them, because our fathers lied." --Kipling