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So who heard about how Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Cruises ship that sank off the coast of Italy, called the Italian Coast Guard AFTER he had already abandoned ship. Nice job, genius. I bet he knocked a few old ladies over on his way off the boat ala George Costanza. I love how he tried to cover it up too. “Of COURSE I’m still on the boat [*muffled* "Yeah I'll have a double quarter pounder with cheese with a Coke Light and make it snappy!"]. Now what were you asking? Oh, right…the boat. Yeah sure we’re all fine here.” ["Hey, how about some ketchup with my fries, slacker!"]. Apparently, Schettino is “comforted by the fact that he maintained during those moments the necessary lucidity to put in place a difficult emergency maneuver … bringing the ship to shallow waters.” Well, clap, clap for you.
How on Earth do you abandon your ship? You’re the CAPTAIN. Dude, if that had been Captain Kirk, he would have been down in the hull helping Scotty keep the ship from falling to pieces. Thank goodness they didn’t have the Genesis device aboard or we’d all be toast. Something tells me this guy wouldn’t pull a Spock and fix the warp drive at his own peril either. Oh and hey, Mr. Captain man, did you happen to notice that your boat was on its side thanks to the gaping hole you put in it? That’s not exactly a normal departure procedure. Emergency evacuations are stressful enough when the boat is upright much less at an 80* pitch. “Sure folks, you’ll be fine. Just follow the blinking lights to the um…uh…the uh…shore. I’m sure it’s not far away. And really you’ll adjust to the water once you get it. I know it’s only 8 degrees but it’s a warm 8. We’re in the Mediterranean after all! Whew, look at the time! They need me on the Lido deck…right next to the life rafts.”
Even if they don’t convict this guy of the charges against him, I hear by charge and convict him of being a douchebag. I vote we have that US Airways pilot Sully Sullenberger fly to Italy and teach this guy a thing or two about piloting a craft in an emergency. He had to land a dang PLANE in a river and people said it was a smooth landing. Better yet, everyone survived! Neither of those things can be said about this idiot.
UGH! Off my soapbox *stomp, stomp, stomp*
