Split from this thread: [image] News on the Sunshine State? Professional Mariner Forum What is the latest with the Sunshine State? Junior officers calling the office might not be that simple. If the mate calls the office there’s very likely to be an assumption shore…

Agree. There are superficial comparisons but substantial differences.

From the NTSB report on “El Faro”. P162 pre incident. The perfect setup for a one man accident. “ Monitoring Ships at Sea. TOTE did not have a policy for monitoring commercial vessels at sea. The vice president of marine operations told the marine board that he did not know if there was anyone in t…

NTSB report on “El Faro” P86. “During the accident voyage, the mates and ABs discussed their concerns about the weather and the ship’s route on the bridge, where they were recorded by the VDR. The conversations were not repeated in the captain’s presence. After the captain went to his stateroom abo…

p165. There was no cellular network coverage in the accident area so the crew members could only use the bridge phone with the Master’s permission. “ TOTE provided Tunstall Americas (the contracting company for the call center) with information to help its employees take emergency calls. For exampl…

[image] tengineer1: compare the sea shipping business to the air shipping business. Its like comparing apples to onions. Automobiles, ships and aircraft all reduce collisions using the concept of separation . Automobiles on the Interstate Highway System use divided highways separated by a me…

Five years later, the owners of the “Gulf Livestock 1” have learnt nothing from the lessons post “El Faro” and 41 innocent seafarers lose their lives. Additionally, tracking capability was far improved over 2015. The vessel had questionable loaded stability, which was evident in the posted video an…

A concept more relevant to this thread: Mitigated speech is a linguistic term describing deferential or indirect speech inherent in communication between individuals of perceived High Power Distance Hospital operating rooms, aircraft cockpits and ship wheelhouses are three places where there is a…

High power distance is the greatest supporter and ally of the one man accident. I have seen it first hand whilst Piloting vessels with mixed nationality bridge teams. The Korean/Filipino mix was almost poisonous and the PD was fathomless. Unfortunately, there was always perceived PD between myself a…

[image] Ausmariner: Over 22 years and in excess of 5000 Pilotages I was challenged twice. I should have been challenged more often. That is not a reflection of my ability but a reflection of the failure of BRM principles on the bridge of a commercial vessel. WHOA, backup the horse. This brah …

[image] johnny.dollar: BRM/ERM is bogus and not used People have been using the concepts of BRM for thousands of years. I’ve seen it used in wheelhouses a long time before anyone heard of or used the term.

Storm Avoidance - Crew calling the DPA - #87 by Kennebec_Captain - Professional Mariner Forum

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5066

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5989

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October 24, 2017

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