Really?? If he couldn't navigate a life boat (small craft) how could he captain a huge liner?
This story gets goofier all the time.
They have pictures of him under a blanket in a lifeboat...I guess he fell under the blanket, too? This was before he hopped into a cab when he got to shore and told the driver to take him as far away as possible. I wonder how he explains that.
The guy is an embarrassment to Italy. I read one Italian commentator who was lamenting that the story makes the rest of the world think that all of their negative images of Italians have ample confirmation. Frivolous, dishonest, cowardly, liars...the “captain” looks like a walking Italian joke.
Sadly, I think it’s going to do a lot of damage to the Italian cruise industry among foreigner travelers.