Yeah none of us needed a research survey to tell us that.
The fact of the matter is the world is advancing and the conditions under which we work, especially in the workboat industry barely have. Internet access, square watches, blown crew changes, and the natural volatility of the industry make it less and less attractive to intelligent sane people.
People will write anything to get published. Sure there is some crappy assignments and work can be a drag. What I see is people making money doing something they can tolerate. There are nut jobs at sea and there are nut jobs ashore. Probably a few more nut jobs at seaā¦ but thatās why we like it!
āWeāre all here because weāre not all there.ā
Could this āmissing Sailorā be one of the persons in the statistics?: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/15/politics/us-navy-sailor-found-uss-shiloh/index.html
He cost a lot anguish and a lot of $$$
Or could there be other reasons why nobody found him in the āengineering spaceā for 7 days??
When I had to take meds due to a head injury i renewed for continuity only until I was off the meds. Then retested and went back to work.
More statistics that doesnāt look good: http://splash247.com/suicide-rate-soars-sea/
Is this a problem in the US MM as well?? If so, is it talked about??
Are you trying to compete with your hero in composing insulting posts?
In that case you are on the wrong forum. Try Twitter, I believe it is more suited for the purpose.
Because what we will or wonāt tolerate doesnāt count.
The $19.4 million the AMA spent last year on ālobbyingā buys a lot of tolerance by the only people who can do anything to change the status quo. Big Pharma spent nearly $246 million last year. those numbers are what counts.
Did I get memoryholed again?
\(o,0)/Holy chr*** are you running a guessing show here???
Iām all knowing and omnipotent I never guess.
Iām starting to look for an exit strategy but I wonāt make half of the money Iām making now unfortunately.
Meeting the impossible demands of the office goons, the CG ready to snap up your license over the smallest accident, and the burden of the mountains of paperwork have made it too stressful.
I have 8 more years on my mortgage. Once my house is paid off Iāll have much more freedom to do something else.
Iām actually considering something similar but the office grind makes me a dick when Iām home in the evenings. I went into this industry for the time off, not the money.
I donāt make a ton of money either believe me, but I want to be able to make my mortgage payments still. The time off was the cherry on top.
ITF is looking for collaborating centres for research into suicides among seafarers: http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarers-trust-seeks-centres-to-research-seafarer-suicide/
Stress at sea is a problem in international shipping: http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sailors-stressed-and-fighting-the-deep-blues/
The mix of nationalities and cultres may not be much problem for US seafarers though.
Why do I always get the impression you think sailing on a US flag ship looks like a Trump rally?
Iāve been told by Filipino mariners that they get treated much better on U.S. flag ships compared to other flags.
Iāve heard the same from several nationalities over the years. A lot of the Filipino ABās I get through the SIU attended maritime academies back in their home country and are very happy sailing as AB or Bosun on a U.S. ship.
few years ago, on the OSV I was working on, we had a filipino mafia on board ( i use this phrase with admiration and affection.) one of the ABs prior to coming to the states, he was an unlimited master and academy graduate. he was great help when i was upgrading my ticket, helping me study.
he was content sailing as an ab, making around the same money he would if he was still sailing foreign flag deep sea.
i remember him telling me that the uscg would have approved him to get a third mates ticket but he obviously couldnt afford to do all the prerequisite classes and such. at the time he was in his early 60s and was just riding things out so working as an AB was fine with him.