MSC is approaching a complete manpower collapse. Nearly 1/3 of all new hire 3 A/E’s are projected to quit this year. The office is unable to fill vacancies or even complete travel orders for those mariners who have been relieved. Many ships are short an UNREP station and improvement in both licensed…

[image] Meme.Lord: You’d know more what youre qualified for more than me if you just search on LinkedIn. I was surprised to hear that number too frankly. Very rare to see actual pay scales posted. I remain skeptical on the pay claim. The rest of your post is valid on all points. However, for…

Maybe it’s easier to deal with machinery that doesn’t talk back than being a mate and having to deal with with humans who do talk back all the while keeping the ship pointed away from trouble. Apples and oranges.

If only there were some sort of federal maritime academy where the service obligation could be changed from reserves to actively sailing for MSC. Kinda like how every other federal academy requires years of active, not reserve, duty upon graduation.

[image] Lee_Shore: Maybe it’s easier to deal with machinery that doesn’t talk back Machines can be stubborn pain-in-the-ass moody drama queens as bad or worse than any human. You’ve just never had to deal with it…push lever forward, turn wheel left…ship magically turns

Cats. Yup they hide their turds!

As many have said, MSC could fix this with true even time rotations. There is a shortage of mariners, but also the money shore side has caught up. I essentially made lateral move pay wise from sailing 1AE with a large tanker company to operating a small power plant. I work 7 days on 7 days off, 12…

But how would all those kids go shoreside right away and get put into positions for which they aren’t qualified if they were required to go active?

[image] highseasmechanic: I essentially made lateral move pay wise from sailing 1AE with a large tanker company to operating a small power plant. Congrats on the move. Sounds like you enjoy it. I’m just really surprised that a small plant would pay an operator equivalent to what a 1AE gets on…

[image] johnny.dollar: Congrats on the move. Sounds like you enjoy it. I’m just really surprised that a small plant would pay an operator equivalent to what a 1AE gets on a union ship It’s not that surprising really. Stationary engineers pay historically has been very good. I think now it’s a…

Thank you. One of the reasons for the pay is that I live in California, so cost of living plays a factor. After 13 years of sailing I was getting burnt out.

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