Risk Advoidance in ship captains.

Intresting article about how risk advoidance even in training has led to Ship crews/captains less able to deal with onboard emergancies.

http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/training-dangerous/

K9

 

"A ship in a harbour is safe, but that's not what a ship is for."

I look forward to reading your info soon Kay.

-Tom

 

You lost me Tom. What do you mean by my info?

K9

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDwvy9PzAIc&feature=related Some of the related videos have been removed from YouTube I think.. Sensorship suspected

 

K9,

Sorry, I meant the article.

-Tom

 

Interesting read Kay, thank you.

As a retired SAR coxswain with CCG and a 60 GRT Limited Tow-Boat Master

I can only speak from my own experience. There is no replacement for

training. The most valuable lessons I ever learned were either on real calls

or training. What a captain does and how they do it depends on almost an

infinite number of variables that will never be repeated or replicated on

the sea or in a court or inquiry.

I left CCG because I couldn't stand the politics. I will share with you what a

high ranking captain said in front of 1/3 of his crew one day on the bridge.

"The Coast Guard would run a whole lot better if women were in charge."

I was dumb-founded. Needless to say, nobody challenged him on it for

obvious reasons but also, perhaps, because he was right!

-Tom