The red is bad, the green is OK. In the example below the hours recorded on the 16th and 17th have to be edited till the red boxes turn green.
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Very similar to the excuse used by the skipper of the diveboat Conception. “Everybody does it that way, the company knows, USCG is fine with it, they issued the COI & we pass their inspections, what harm can be done as long as it looks good on paper?”
The continued permission given to working 6 on 6 off is a farce. The regulations state 6 hours rest but other regulations requiring a handover of the watch make this impossible.
The relief of mariners on departure from the sea buoy on a voyage of more than a few days is understandable when one looks at the demands placed on the crew today.
You probably not have to look much further than the report on the Opus one when it comes out.
Sorry One Apus.
Put all the charts, conceptions, check off lists etc. you care to show. The crews work their balls off in port. Anyone on this site disagree? If one disagrees then meet me at the dock, My feeble self will at least get in the first punch. Hours on the job is a fucking joke to dedicated mariners. Although I and the chief couldn’t get overtime, I made sure the ones that put in the time got it.
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It’s all new to me.
Back in the days when I worked deep sea, I was salaried with a theory I only worked an average of 10.
Most of the time less when on passage. More when in port or arrivals departures ect.
Recording hours worked is not a requirement where I work now.
Fortunately getting paid is. So hours are actually recorded.
The best thing I found about paid overtime. I was amazed how well the ship could manage without calling me out.
On a number of occasions, I pointed out hours were very close to exceeding or in a few instances exceeded requirements.
This generally was not popular. Superintendent and dispatchers were not the ones who got uptight.
Even though dispatchers would say operational requirements.
Senior managers would say don’t breach requirements.
The reality.
I wasn’t popular with crew, working double shifts is very lucrative, however that can not only exceeded 14 hours it exceeds 16 hours, in some case 20 (ship on 10hr Day).
So when I called dispatcher and requested a replacement next morning. I wasn’t popular.
The company got the point quite quickly.
The crew often would rather have 8 or 10 hours overtime plus overtime for the next day due to short rest. So 16 or 20 hours overtime.
Overtime; I remember that along with a ‘night on board’ allowance if you were duty officer overnight in port.
Everything is consolidated now, no extras at all.
84 hour week at work as a minimum.