DISQUS

paul the pirate · 1 year ago

Oh, lord, this is all we need. The Coast Guard already assumes that mariners are criminals, and now we're not going to be able to be honest about any health issues we may have. Awesome.

Jason M · 1 year ago

I wouldn't be suprised if we start to see a mandatory retirement age come out of this.

OneEighteen · 1 year ago

Ah! Let's make people do something unnatural (stay up all night) and punish them when they act natural (get sleepy). What's wrong with this picture?

I'm thinking if it's absolutely important that we have no accidents we need to look at the need to move ships in the wee hours. It's incredibly illogical to say that any chance of accident is unacceptable, but let's do the work in the dark and after midnight.

John · 1 year ago

:)

texino · 1 year ago

Damn I am sick of drug prejudice. Almost every single Rx drug has the possibility of a side effect like "drowsiness." Doesn't mean you will have it, but you could. Hell, it might kill you for that matter. It all depends on the patient. I'm sure they did a drug panel on the Captain involved and it showed neg for illegal drugs, so now they want to go with the supposition that the guy was all zoned out on some zombie pill. Meanwhile the news reports that the "barge" that hit the bridge and the "oil tanker" that collided... so how can you trust them not to go all hyperbolic over some some mild sleep disorder drug. People just do not follow the rules of common sense. I think this Pilot had some bad luck and now they are going to jump on every single thing that can be sensationalized. I fear that retirement will be his only option and that's a shame.