[Capt. Tom]

This is an article from March 15, 2020,a year ago.

It is not pro cruise industry, but gives info that will help some Freepers understand why the Cruise Lines are not being helped out by some countries.

Remember politicians want to Tax, and Cruise lines are a problem they can ignore, and the CDC type health organizations don't care either. -Tom

[Responsibility2nd]

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“They have mastered the ability to get their hands into people’s pockets and to take out every last dollar,” says Ross A. Klein, a professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, who has closely studied the cruise ship industry. “They can almost give a cabin away for free and still make a profit.”

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I’m reading this, and I’m wondering am I reading about the cruise industry or the gaming industry in Vegas?

[DugwayDuke]

Imposing US taxes and labor laws on the cruise industry is the quickest way to destroy the cruise industry. US taxation and labor laws will do to the cruise industry exactly what they’ve done to the US maritime fleet.

[CIB-173RDABN]

The standard contract for a crew member like a cleaner or dishwasher requires a mandatory 308 hours per month — 11 hours a day, 7 days a week, for as long as 8-10 months, with no days off — for the equivalent of $400-700 per month, or $1.62 to $2.27 per hour.

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This is certainly a one sided point of view. A couple of questions come to mind. At the end of eight months how much money has their cousin who does not work as a crew member of a cruise ship earn? How many hours do they actually work compared to how many hours they just have to be available if needed?

“With no days off”, if that was true I have to wonder just who were those guys and gals leaving the ship from the crews gangway? I have often seen crew members acting as tourist while in port.

Personally I would not want to be a crew member on a ship but if I had no other prospect and I qualified I would take the job.

[napscoordinator]

So far I’ve made a nice profit from carnival. I bought at 5000 shares at 12 bucks. It’s in my Roth. Yesterday it was over 21. Keep going. I’d love you to be the next Game Stop. Lol.

[AZJeep]

After 2008 crisis, we decided to help US workers by taking Alaska cruise for vacation. As far as I found, there were two (2) Americans working on that whole huge ship. And yes, talking to the workers, they work long hours with No day off!
On the other hand, we took the only American Cruise ship, the one circling Hawaiian islands and which is by law 100% staffed by Americans. I do not thing it was any more expensive than the Alaska one.