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Missing sub CEO wouldn't hire the uninspirational "50 yr old white guys" who are out there looking to save him now
2023-06-22
[Hot Air] This developing story is rapidly veering from background noise for a truly horrific accident to "no way that’s possible" to "YGTBFKM, that’s damn near criminal negligence." All while a 5 people’s lives still — if they’re alive — hang by a thread, and the merest one at that.

My post yesterday addressed truly concerning things with the OceanGate operation that were immediately apparent to me not as a submariner (I only play one at HotAir), but as an individual well versed in safety and safe maintenance practices, mixed with almost your average Joe’s allotment of common sense.

There were enough red flags for a CCCP parade in Beijing and it didn’t take a Coastie to see them. The question it raised was, was it negligence, ignorance or corporate mentality?

This morning, what I consider to be a pretty telling interview with OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush — who is, himself, trapped in that ad hoc submersible at this moment — surfaced.

I mean WOW.
Posted by:Besoeker

#17  Without a viewport they might as well just send a drone.
Posted by: ruprecht   2023-06-22 21:35  

#16  Design suggestion? Employ Schumer and Schiff as ballast. Their inflated ego could counter the pressures at depth and bring it to the surface
Posted by: Frank G   2023-06-22 18:43  

#15  Trump's and / or Desantis's fault, no doubt. Company HQ Everett, Washington.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-06-22 15:25  

#14  Window, I'd go in a heartbeat.

Better, the cabin interior is a series of monitors or whatnot hooked up to exterior cameras like what that kid did with the A beam on a car's blind spot, or even better like the shit Rock movie Skyscraper, that dude's penthouse 'turning transparent'. Fkn'ill.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-06-22 14:43  

#13  Old white retired Navy Captain Victor Vescovo has done this all over the world. But professionaly.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-06-22 14:33  

#12  Are they too wealthy to qualify for a Darwin Award?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-06-22 14:11  

#11  I'm fine with the adventure - though I guess there was a porthole/window to make the trip worth it, like the scene in The Right Stuff.

Its projects like this which will lead to Space Station and Moon Colony being normal, and there will be accidents along the way. That is our human spirit of exploration and adventure. "Because its there".

Skimping on the safety by prioritizing emotion over competency is not the way to do it.

FWIW, Rush did put his own ass on the line in belief that his decisions were gonna be fine.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-06-22 13:33  

#10  A strange kaiten mission, but somehow with that doooosh bag CEO on the sub, it kind of gives me a different feeling.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-06-22 13:14  

#9  Having a knack for making money (especially these days) does not make a person across-the-board smart in all matters.

But as with celebrities, a lot of people lap up their every word and action with the help of fawning media.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-06-22 13:04  

#8  A sewer pipe with every single safety system dependent on electricity, and pre-launch there is a "battery problem" that requires a 10 hour delay.
How frigging clueless do you need to be to rethink that decision. But the kicker appears to be there is no viewport, you see the Titanic on an on-board monitor, packed in like a sardine, and for that you pay 250k. Wow, I guess my question is answered, RIP.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-06-22 12:55  

#7  Time to send a 5000 pound bomb to the site and assist nature in ending the madness.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-06-22 11:57  

#6  The ghosts of the mighty Titanic strikes again.
Posted by: Slats Snore5077   2023-06-22 11:39  

#5  "Poseidon, they're still running with maintenance down."

"Of course! We are one big, inspirational fleet. Ah, Rush, my old friend, do you know the Homerian proverb that revenge is a dish that is best served cold?

It is very cold in the deep sea."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-06-22 10:50  

#4  Some problems fix themselves. RIP a**hole.
Posted by: Angstrom   2023-06-22 10:03  

#3  He won't be there for any trials.
Posted by: Frank G   2023-06-22 09:45  

#2  ...Enjoy pre-trial discovery, pal.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-06-22 09:39  

#1  Missing sub CEO wouldn't hire the uninspirational "50 yr old white guys"

Ha, neither will anyone else.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-06-22 08:42  

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