[QUOTE=Slick Cam;195590]…I mean the guy just seemed to fear nothing. Maybe he was in shock, I don’t know…[/QUOTE]
I had this feeling too.
Like Schettino, after opening the Costa Concordia’s hull on a charted rock off Giglio island.
He must immediately have known what he did: He and he alone steered the ship on the rock, without any possible excuse. He personally wrecked a 500 million $ ship, with more than 4000 people on board!
After the first damage reports, his behavior became completely irrational; not silly or incompetent, just crazy.
Only the complete loss of power forbade further idiocies.
Only a favorable wind drift saved the lives of more than 99% of the people.
On El Faro, at about 6 pm, the captain did not use the last escape at the Hole in the Wall. With following forecasts of Joaquin’s track, he could well have realized that he had entered the deadly trap; enough for a tremendous shock!
Then, he went to “sleep”; maybe to escape brutal questions… and to pray.
We cannot know.
Only a mate, often sailing with the captain, could possibly hear on the VDR, if his voice and wordings were “as usual”…