[QUOTE=QuabbinHiker;170412]It’s absurd that in 2015 El Faro was sailing with open lifeboats. Simply absurd. Why were encapsulated lifeboats not added during the 2009 refit? TOTE being cheap, using bullcrap grandfathering rules, taking the risk at the expense of the crews? Yes.[/QUOTE]
Are you aware of SOLAS requirements?