Alrighty,
I personally am very opinionated & have, over the years, found that believe it or not, I’m not always right!!! Yeah, my thoughts exactly!!!
Anyway, having worked with a fair share of what I’m sure you’re referring to as ‘Dead Wood’ I have found that these zimmer jockeys do have their places in an ROV crew.
Yeah, granted they might go back to when they were launching subs off of the Ark & never seem to get oil on their overalls but at the end of the day I would would rather have a fossil beside me when doing some big construction lifts than a hot shot that knows a mate who has or has heard about this and that. End of the day, the guys I’ve worked with that have been around the block a few times……..
1)Aren’t scared to shoot the OCM etc down for a bad call.
2)Will scream & shout at the PM when a crew change hasn’t came through.
3)Has been through the immigration in Outer Mongolia multiple times & can point you in the right direction.
4)Knows what that random thing on the seabed is when you happen to come across it
5)Knows a temporary random fix for something like the old coke can tether reterm
6)bla, bla, bla & yes, "Mind fan they were fields"
Anyway, as I said. I definately know who I would rather have beside me, even if it means doing all the pm’s on my own!
Just my thoughts though, scariest calls by an "experienced hand". Answers on a postcard to…………………………..
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