# A little right of track on Columbia River - Unmitigated Speech **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [August 22, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-little-right-of-track-on-columbia-river-unmitigated-speech/60413 "2021-08-22T11:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-little-right-of-track-on-columbia-river-unmitigated-speech/60413/13 "2021-08-24T11:19:04Z")
The point here is wrt the use of [mitigated speech](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mitigated-speech/46923/13). Another article here [Mitigated Speech in Leadership](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mitigated-speech-leadership-funmbi-okoya/) For the OP I should have said the Columbia River pilots are very good and are probably the pilots I most enjoy working with, except for the long transit. Which is true. I didn’t use mitigated speech at the time because I was caught by surprise. This is from the NTSB’s report on the El Faro: > The **concept of mitigated speech** is common in a hierarchical system, such as on the bridge of a ship. If a member of the bridge team disagrees with the captain and takes action to defy or challenge his or her authority, that is **considered insubordination** , which could result in disciplinary action. In this case the pilot can’t exactly take disciplinary action but they can cause a captain a lot of trouble. In this case it was just a condescending remark. The pilot had a quick change in attitude when he learned there was an electronic record of our track. Pilot loosened up after, we chatted a bit, turns out we both made our first trip on that river with the same tug captain. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-little-right-of-track-on-columbia-river-unmitigated-speech/60413)._