Posted on 07/04/2023 6:14:49 AM PDT by libh8er
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said in an old interview that he preferred not to hire veteran submarine pilots or technicians to keep his team "younger" and "inspirational."
Rush, who died in June on board his submersible, the Titan, was speaking with executives from Teledyne Marine, a marine-equipment manufacturer. While the interview was undated, a recording of the video meeting was published by Teledyne in August 2020, according to metadata seen by Insider.
The recording has been deleted, but Insider reviewed an archived version.
In the video, the Teledyne executive Matt Burdyny told Rush that he accompanied OceanGate on a submersible dive in Puget Sound, Washington, and commented that many OceanGate employees were fresh graduates but seemed professional.
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Was the glue crunchy or smooth? Don’t bother answering.
I don’t think that any crew member is held culpable for the vessel failure. They should have consulted old men with slide rules who designed subs in WWI and WWII that returned from their missions.
Mostly, the Woke culture kills moral values as by design.
Play stupid hydraulic games, win stupid hydraulic prizes. Snap crackle and BOOM.
Always trust a woman when she talks about male hubris.
Without male hubris there will be no babies.(1st Law of Nature).
The Titan was controlled by a joy stick. Draw your own conclusion.
I won’t allow the door to slap my ass.
The Titan was controlled by a joy stick. Draw your own conclusion.
I won’t allow the door to hit my ass.
He practiced age discrimination as any proper company does.
Heh
Apparently no one could tell him anything once the cyclic damage was occuring.
From several accounts he was warned repeatedly that the vehicle was no longer safe to those depths.
I just watched the I-52 exploration last night. It is at 3 miles down. Wow
Repeated dives in proper vehicles. Don’t know if they used both vehicles.
They are now decommissioned and on museum display.
BOTH submersibles were used in exploring I-52
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