[QUOTE=PDCMATE;67562]Flag State requires an OIM endorsement, who holds it does not matter to them. Either Master, Chief Eng., or Drilling Super. Anchorman, just because you are on here way too much probably, doesn’t mean you know everything. And to tell this 2nd Mate DP OSV guy to leave that industry and go be a BCO-BS route, is absurd, why would you think that route would be good for him, instead of getting hired with the many companies that will take OSV guys and hire them directly as DPOs? That makes no sense, and his roots, his roots are with his license and upgrading to the position of Master with and OIM endorsement.[/QUOTE]Sorry, but I did not tell anyone anything ( only my perspective ) as I see it and it’s generally factual, but I never claim to be right all the time. Glad that you must think so, or think I think so - whatever - I do not know you and you do not know me by one post. So, back the fuck off. It’s up to the reader to take whatever information is posted, whether it be other people’s opinions, or something they never thought of - apply it or discard it as they sit fit. If I offend someone by doing that, oh well. Maybe your definition/context of roots is not what I was thinking. I still stand behind my post.