As well they should.
My understanding is that once the required local pilot is in charge, he has final control and authority in navigation and control. If any critical equipment was not working or malfunctioning, the pilot should have aborted the exit.
Under those circumstances, what can the captain and crew contribute that is meaningful?
“My understanding is that once the required local pilot is in charge, he has final control and authority in navigation and control.”
As one who has often been on the bridge of Navy ships moving in and out of the Bay, I am in a position to say that you are correct. At the same time, a ship’s captain can never divest himself of responsibility.
“If any critical equipment was not working or malfunctioning, the pilot should have aborted the exit.”
The only critical equipment a harbor pilot is supposed to need is his eyes and his brain.
A Navy quartermaster might take bearings on three points and report, “Hold us twenty yards left of track.” A harbor pilot will say, “Whan the last piling on that decrepit pier lines up with that old chicken coop, bring it over hard right.” (Actual example.)