tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post5644159849823309967..comments2024-03-26T17:58:22.711-07:00Comments on HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb: Someone fetch me a fainting couch, I gots the vapors! Paul, Dammit!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-56050096920528811812018-06-19T12:43:32.987-07:002018-06-19T12:43:32.987-07:00can't agree more with your comments on IMO and...can't agree more with your comments on IMO and STCW. They're a HUGE problem for the world's mariners and especially ours! <br /><br />Glad you had a good experience with the USCG. I have never been in favor of being forced to beg the government for permission to do my job, but it seems most of the world is OK with that. I think its totally unnecessary and should be illegal under the US Constitution. <br /><br />I have spent my entire life on the water. Worked my way up the hawsepipe to earn an unlimited masters license and have been dealing with the USCG for over 40 years. I keep wondering WHY has the US submitted to the IMO STCW? No point I can see but $$$$$ to be forced out of hard working mariners. It does NOTHING to improve the system we had here. We've always had some of the worlds best mariners and the best merchant fleet in the world (until flags of convenience system came along to destroy it all). Wondering what exactly the STCW does for the US mariner. Thoughts? Captain Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703581646950283186noreply@blogger.com