[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Cheryl Babineau, owner of Pro Scuba Dive Center in Scotts Valley, California, and a certified diver for 45 years, said what happened aboard the Conception has shaken the industry. She said boat passengers sometimes tune out when the captain and crew members review safety instructions for a dive trip. She expects that will change.

'I think now people will pay a lot more attention,' she said.

[Cecily]

If I couldn’t sleep on shore and join the boat in the morning, I would want to bring my own tent and bedding and sleep up on deck.

[HamiltonJay]

Safety instructions would not have saved the victims, a fire broke out while they were asleep and rapidly engulfed the only egress they had.... Sadly...

All the “safety training in the world” won’t save that.

[yesthatjallen]

She said boat passengers sometimes tune out when the captain and crew members review safety instructions for a dive trip.

Unless they actually practice an emergency drill it's unlikely most people would know how to act in a real emergency.

Pointing to an escape hatch is different from actually crawling through an escape hatch.

Actual drills would help. They would have highlighted how inadequate the escape hatch was.

I understand space is a premium on a boat but these boats need to be re-designed with safety in mind, not saving space.

If it means fewer passengers increase the rates.

[atc23]

'I think now people will pay a lot more attention,' she said.

I hope they do. Usually about half the passengers just tune you out when you're giving the safety brief. When I worked these boats, I was considered grumpy and mean due to having a Navy, no bs attitude while on a vessel at sea. No horseplay, no running, stow your sh!t and make a hole.