It might be really worthwhile for every cruise ship captain and 2nd in command be recertified. The recertification should be posted widely on the cruise ship he or she is commanding.
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It might be really worthwhile for every cruise ship captain and 2nd in command be recertified. The recertification should be posted widely on the cruise ship he or she is commanding.
January 16, 2012 at 10:59 pm |
I saw a piece at dKos by someone who’d taken a winter cruise on that ship. They apparently run a circular route, with people getting on and off at the various ports, but only run emergency drills once a week, so if an emergency happens, a lot of people won’t have been drilled. Someone else commented that they thought the crew wasn’t paying attention, or they’d have seen the island a lot sooner and not tried to go between the rocks: that person had seen the charts for the area.
January 16, 2012 at 11:02 pm |
It sounds as if there is plenty of folk who should be accepting blame.
I did my only cruise on Costa. We drilled very early; either before we left the pier or immediately thereafter. It was before dinner.