>>1196205I'm almost 35yo and been using ecdis since my first officer contract in 2008. Mainly furuno and transas.
Although I suspect what kind of dick sucking you refer to don't forget that managerial level are responsible and accountable in front of the company for any remarks observations or non conformities made by uscg, vetting inspectors etc. So they need to suck dicks to come clean of any bs. And if you ever set foot on a vsl you know that if someone wants to find something non compliant they will.
Ex from .my last chief mate contract.
Captain needed to send the 2 nd off to the ecr to translate the inspector demands to the engine crew coz they spoke tarzan english.
Inspector s remark. Crew doesn't speak English. Not engine crew, not chief engineer, crew. Guess who got his ass blasted by the company? That's right captain for not checking crew s English level although it's the crewing agency s job.
I have 3 contracts as a captain and just like you when I was a 3 rd 2nd and chief mate said that I will never do shady shit.
First contract as captain, phone rings, coz they will never send emails to leave evidence , deputy ceo on the other and asks you to do some bs and cut some corners.
Your options : refuse and say goodbye to carrier in said company ,return to being a chief mate in other,as nobody will take you as captain after a few weeks exp
Accept and hope everything will go well, nobody will get injured or authorities find out
Guess what I did?
You'll have to deal with a lot of compromise as a captain or chief mate. You'll see when you'll get there.
Regarding your post you partially answered your questions regarding dick sucking. As you laugh at shitty jokes so you don't get a shitty appraisal or whatever, the ch mate or captain suck inspector dick so they look good in the eyes of the company
There's a lot to say but I'm on the phone and the post prob will be barely literate so I'll stop here. Maybe in another post cont.
