Tom K wrote:

The Captain had apparently done the same thing 3-4 times before. Wonder
why nobody from the company bothered to check the route he took those
times. It would show the same deviation from the course. They spend a
lot of time tracking the course on paper charts... doesn't anybody bother looking at them?

Or the former senior captain that the current captain was waving to and
on the phone with, wonder why he never bothered to call the company about
the unsafe maneuver his former subordinate was performing?

Or even the junior officers who were on the bridge. A simple phone call
to the head office, even if confidentially, that the captain was
repeatedly deviating from the course could have solved the problem.

Not just what he did in the past. The ship is tracked at all times these
days. Someone should be monitoring the route at all times. If they have not
been monitoring the actual real time position of their ships that is
something they need to start doing now.

Also they need to allow the crew to say no to the Captain if there is a
safety violation if there is now not such a rule. Hopefully they are not
still following 19th century rules.

--
Charles