Subj : Re: Submarine Deaths
To   : Blue White
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Jul 01 2023 07:02 pm

-=> Blue White wrote to Gamgee <=-

 BW> I wonder what experience he had.

 Ga> Not completely sure, but I think he (the CEO) was generally the pilot
 Ga> of the sub on previous missions.

 BW> Yeah, I was thinking before that.  Like was he in the Navy and on
 BW> a sub, or did he work for other companies/government
 BW> organizations that do deep sea exploration?

 BW> Guess I am looking for experience that should have taught him not
 BW> to skimp on safety and/or inspect the equipment more often.

He grew up a rich kid, expensive education, was mostly in 
aviation/aerospace before this OceanGate thing.  No real knowledge or 
experience.  He ignored a lot of rules and skimped on a lot of things.
He and four others are now dead because of it.

Here's more on him:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_Rush



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