Doesn’t waiting it out put the captain at risk also? I mean, why would the pirates give the captain any food if they are running low? I wouldn’t be surprised if the captain became dinner if things got really bad. On the other hand, a lot of suggestions out there seem to suggest blowing the boat out of the water. Are people forgetting the captain is in that boat?
One report said they were getting food and water. I would think, IMHO, that waiting is in the captain’s favor. The longer they have to think about it the better. But who knows? I’m not convinced the hostage negotiators know, for sure, any more about what works and doesn’t work than a person with good common sense does. Not to detract from them, but heck, we can’t even decide who among us will go berserk and shoot up the population.