RN Using Cruise Ships for Training

[Halifax Tar]

Well, would you look at that

 

[DBNSG]

Well, would you look at that

I bet they ate very well

 

[NavyShooter]

That's certainly thinking outside the box in terms of training platforms.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Also being exposed to a much more lucrative sea going career post contract date.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Well, would you look at that

 

[dapaterson]

Fake news.

RCN got rid of stewards.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I had a friend that worked as a deck officer on a cruise ship. Very limited interactions with the guests and a heavy work schedule. He enjoyed it and made good money, but it certainly is not a pleasure cruise for the crew.

 

[Stoker]

The RCN for a while had personnel on BC ferries and also CCG ships. Guess what? many left and were hired by the companies. That's the danger.

 

[Remius]

Fake news.

RCN got rid of stewards.

Plus that’s army mess kit. Totally fake.

 

[Remius]

I had a friend that worked as a deck officer on a cruise ship. Very limited interactions with the guests and a heavy work schedule. He enjoyed it and made good money, but it certainly is not a pleasure cruise for the crew.

On all the cruises, when they had meet the crew and officer events I always kept thinking that they must want to anywhere but at these social meet and greets. They were always very social and smiling but my spider sense told me they probably didn’t want to be there.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Zero nautical experience outside of a short ride in a Coast Guard boat followed by a quick jaunt on a zodiac, but there seems to be worse ways to learn how to steer & park BHS (big honkin ships).

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

You don't learn that.

In the merchant navy world, and especially in the cruise ship world, you are not getting anywhere near steering and parking the ship unless you are the Captain, Deputy Captain (yeah! That's an actual position/title) or First Officer. Anyone else, forget it for the first 20 years of your career.

 

[The Bread Guy]

You don't learn that.

In the merchant navy world, and especially in the cruise ship world, you are not getting anywhere near steering and parking the ship unless you are the Captain, Deputy Captain (yeah! That's an actual position/title) or First Officer. Anyone else, forget it for the first 20 years of your career.

Thanks for the correction - I read too much into the "helped navigate" bit

 

[Colin Parkinson]

On all the cruises, when they had meet the crew and officer events I always kept thinking that they must want to anywhere but at these social meet and greets. They were always very social and smiling but my spider sense told me they probably didn’t want to be there.

One of my CCG officer worked on Cruise ships in the 1980's and servicing the prettier lady guests was definitely one of the perks according to him. He just had to tell the watch which cabin he was in, incase he was needed.