Cruise Ship Incident

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

It just seemed really odd to me that they didn't call muster. That's exactly what those drills are for. Why have the procedure if it's not going to be used?

You muster the passengers when you are in a situation where the ship needs evacuating. I'm going to guess that the decision was made to not muster the passengers because the ship was not in danger of sinking, and to call for a muster would create panic. To me, that sounds like a wise decision.

The following is from another board I frequent. The poster is a cruise ship captain himself:

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org...666#POST185666

I'll ask him what his take on the head count is.