Cruise Ship Incident

[Alex]

Originally Posted by JWBear

As far as emergency procedures… they were followed, and avoiding a panic is one of the things the crew is trained to do. No one wants a ship full of panicked passengers. Things would have gotten real ugly. From all accounts, the crew performed admirably.

I agree with most of what you say. But an unexpected 15 degree list is certainly enough to throw someone over a railing (especially if they were already leaning over it looking at the water).

I would think that one of the first things they'd want to do is get a head count which would give them an idea of wheather anybody might be in the water (or injured to a point that they couldn't respond to the call).

I won't say proper prodedure wasn't followed (I don't know nearly enoug), but as a thought experiment it seems weird that they wouldn't try to get all the passengers organized for a count, and to aid in triage of more minor injuries.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I agree with most of what you say. But an unexpected 15 degree list is certainly enough to throw someone over a railing (especially if they were already leaning over it looking at the water).

I would think that one of the first things they'd want to do is get a head count which would give them an idea of wheather anybody might be in the water (or injured to a point that they couldn't respond to the call).

I won't say proper prodedure wasn't followed (I don't know nearly enoug), but as a thought experiment it seems weird that they wouldn't try to get all the passengers organized for a count, and to aid in triage of more minor injuries.

I agree that no head count is a little odd. I was just defending the actions of the crew in general. The passengers were nearly unanimous in their praise of the crew.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Procedures are to make people feel safe, not to actually protect or save them.

[Moonliner]

Ya call that a list? Nawww mate, that's not a list. THIS is a list.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Ya call that a list? Nawww mate, that's not a list. THIS is a list.

No, that's not a list, it's call the insurance company time!

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by JWBear

No, that's not a list, it's call the insurance company time!

They say it was carrying over 4,000 cars from Japan to Canada. That's gonna be a big insurance check. Not to mention the effect it will have on people waiting for that new car they ordered....