Would you have abandoned ship if you were the captain of that Costa Concordia cruise?

[TJCS]

Maybe he was making a parody of wall street investors, except it never occurred to him that doing it using a huge ship with whole bunch of people on it is a bad idea.

On second thought, scratch that, he is just a heartless bastacoward.

 

[janas19]

It's incredibly hard for me to understand the rationale behind that decision. Cowardness? Do you think the captain of a ship that big knows jack shit about shoring? Even I've never sailed a day in my life, but I understand that the puncture size created by a rock will take many hours to sink a ship of that size. In other words, there was such a small chance of him actually dying, it makes no sense to leave.

I have a new theory: he was on meth or speed, and out of his gourd.

 

[DesiPower]

Apparently Gregorio De Falco has become an instant celebrity and I like it, specially if you read the transcript, you will love this guy. He HAS balls and did exactly what you would expect from someone in his position.

"Listen Schettino, perhaps you have saved yourself from the sea but I will make you look very bad. I will make you pay for this. Go on board (Expletive!)" De Falco yelled at Schettino during a 4-minute radio exchange made public on Tuesday.

The Italian word De Falco used, "cazzo" in Italian, is slang for the male sexual organ but it is commonly used to emphasize something, equivalent to "Go on board, damn it."

The imperative phrase in Italian -- "Vada a bordo, cazzo!" -- was already on T-shirts by Wednesday morning.

 

[Hacp]

Women and children? What about the men? Are the lives of men not equally as valuable as the lives of women and children?

 

[DesiPower]

wow, more fall out, this guy is unbelievable...

"I had no intention of escaping," Francesco Schettino, 52, said during his first court hearing Tuesday, according to Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper.

"I was helping some passengers put the life boat to sea. At a certain point the mechanism for lowering it, blocked. We had to force it. Suddenly the system unblocked itself and I tripped and I found myself inside the life boat with a number of passengers."

Once in the lifeboat that was lowered into the sea, Schettino insisted to the court that it was "impossible to go back onboard."

 

[DesiPower]

Women and children? What about the men? Are the lives of men not equally as valuable as the lives of women and children?

No, its not, in animal kingdom, one alpha male populates the whole pride, all the extra males are not really needed... men are extra unwanted things... least of value.

/feedtroll

 

[OVerLoRDI]

oops, I got the ranking confused and voted for 1/10. I meant 10/10 for max douche.

 

[K1052]

It's incredibly hard for me to understand the rationale behind that decision. Cowardness? Do you think the captain of a ship that big knows jack shit about shoring? Even I've never sailed a day in my life, but I understand that the puncture size created by a rock will take many hours to sink a ship of that size. In other words, there was such a small chance of him actually dying, it makes no sense to leave.

I have a new theory: he was on meth or speed, and out of his gourd.

Idiot tore a 150ft gash in the aft port quarter with his little stunt then decided to make a radical maneuver at speed with the ship's stability shot to shit (after taking on huge amount of water) and flipped on her side then floated against the shore. I can only assume he panicked massively and forgot everything he knew about sailing.

 

[waggy]

wow, more fall out, this guy is unbelievable...

lol i was just going to post this. "i tripped" is his fucking excuse for not staying on the boat? FUCK YOU. damn

 

[Anonemous]

lol i was just going to post this. "i tripped" is his fucking excuse for not staying on the boat? FUCK YOU. damn

Wait, wait, wait, there's more...

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16152275

A Costa Cruises executive has accused passengers of "sensationalism" over the disaster which saw its ship capsize off the coast of Italy.

Assistant director Monica Bova said to hear passengers who were safe and sound on the docks say "no-one saved us" was outrageous.
"I have read, seen and heard so much nonsense from these survivors, who tended as usual to choose sensationalism rather than information," she said.
"I realise that there may be conflicting opinions and I do not have the expertise to determine guilt and causes of the tragedy, but in a real emergency anything can happen."

Monica Bova posted the letter on an Italian website

Ms Bova went on to call her colleagues the "true heroes", adding that without them, none of the guests would have been able to evacuate.
This is despite reports of initial confusion over the seriousness of the accident and some passengers jumping into the water to save themselves.
Her comments, made in a letter she posted on an Italian website, were met with angry reactions.
One reader wrote: "This letter is really useless, ridiculous and self-centred."
At least 11 people were killed and more than 20 are still missing after the 290m-long cruise liner ran aground near the island of Giglio off the Tuscan coast.
Passengers have described the evacuation process as chaotic and experts have criticised crew for not getting people to lifeboats quickly enough.
The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, has been put under home arrest as he faces investigation on suspicion of manslaughter and abandoning the cruise liner while passengers were still onboard.
He has been accused of causing the accident by coming too close to the shore so he could "make a salute".

 

[Howard]

Don't fuck with De Falco.

But wasn't De Falco the one who told him to do a barrel roll?

 

[Theb]

Wait, wait, wait, there's more...

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16152275

She must've been jealous that the captain was getting all the hate. She wanted some of that sweet hatred to come her way.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

The guy admitted going off course to sail near by a Island to salute some dude. Then when the shit hit the fan he abandoned ship without warning the passengers first.

He must be from the Italian navy

 

[0roo0roo]

Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia (Channel 4)
just aired, you can google it up
freaky footage from the passengers pov...

 

[Jaskalas]

Transcripts:

Wow...

Wow....

Did not realize it was THAT bad. Now I have a clear understanding that the Captain, and potentially his officers, abandoned ship while people needed coordination for further evacuation.

It is possible his negligence caused people to get lost, injured, or killed. On top of that he was even ordered to do his duty and ignored it all in a time of crisis.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

It's incredibly hard for me to understand the rationale behind that decision. Cowardness? Do you think the captain of a ship that big knows jack shit about shoring? Even I've never sailed a day in my life, but I understand that the puncture size created by a rock will take many hours to sink a ship of that size. In other words, there was such a small chance of him actually dying, it makes no sense to leave.

I have a new theory: he was on meth or speed, and out of his gourd.

No Italian

 

[Baked]

I wanna get upset at this prick, but I know it's not worth my energy. Because at the end of the day, ladies fall for true assholes like him, because it makes them look very manly, not occasional assholes like me. But I'm in my happy place now.

 

[slayernine]

HERP DERP, I'm the captain of a ship and I can't even stand up on it. My resume includes exploits such as being a chef that doesn't know how to boil water and being a surgeon who is afraid of blood.

 

[evident]

No, it's not tough. This was not some guy who was thrust into a difficult situation. He made the choice to accept the job as a ship's captain and he knew damned well the responsibilities that came with this job. It's not a surprise that a captain is responsible for the safety of his passengers.

in addition, he was the one who deviated from the course as well.