HLAviation wrote:
And then the companies wonder why their ships get in such run down crap
condition. They took away my cook on a tug. The net effect was I went from
6hrs a day of maintenance and deck work getting done to 1.5 since my
afternoon AB was now on cooking duty. 3 months later the boss asked why the
boat looked like crap. I went off on him, and told him it was because he was
too damn cheap to keep a cook on the boat. If a crew of 6 cant keep a 132ft
tug in shape, how the hell are they supposed to do it with a 550' ship.

First off, you pay attention to the systems you install, materials used
for anything exposed to weather, and coatings.
Then, when you need work done that may be more than the crew can handle,
you hire "riding gangs" or "shore gangs" to come aboard and work under
the direction of the CM or CE and if the office bitches about appearance
you give them the "little pinkie" and tell them to hire more gangs.

otn