I could not agree more.
Out of the “Cosco Busan” came a formal report with full exposure and lessons learnt. The finger was pointed at three issues. The same will apply to the “Ever Forward”. VDR audio transcripts were released, via a 500 page report, on the “ El Faro” foundering and once again lessons were learnt. Sound process.
It would have been nice to call the Senior Pilot’s bluff, when challenged, to advise him that the ladder was rigged ready for his departure………clearly, he was a self-entitled individual who lacked certain skills but bullied his way through the SC in defiance of modern operation norms ie a f…ing dinosaur protected by the precious Art. 4(7) of the SCA “Rules of Navigation”
