[I]You know the problem I really have with this thread is that Allwyn is painting with an extremely broad brush. Generalizations seem to fly from your fingertips Allwyn, and that might just be the core issue of your management theory and the systemic problems piling up around your fleet.
[/I]The assessment is incorrect. I have not generalized anything here. I am talking about the rule here, not the exceptions. My posts have been backed with singular examples. Not generalized ones.
[I]So this is about power? Ah, it is all beginning to make sense, now.[/I]
Ok assume you are correct, why should this come as some sort of revelation? I mentioned the need for C/Es to feel freer in contacting the company for example. My first post is about executive role on board ships. Nothing difficult to comprehend there. And once you understand that, you understand i mean that Master signatures taken for example granted on ORBs and Hot work permits must cease for safety sake.
Why do Masters want to sign on something they cannot possibly certify as correct?
PS: No signature of the Chief Engineer is compulsorily required on the ORB.