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To: Oatka
Bordeaux felt confident using the system to control the speed and heading of the ship. But there were many things he did not understand about the array of dials, arrows and data that filled the touch screen.

“There was actually a lot of functions on there that I had no clue what on earth they did,” Bordeaux said of the system.

And he was in charge of steering. He should not have been on the bridge, except to observe in training, until he knew what EVERY dial, display, and control on the bridge did.

10 posted on 12/23/2019 9:14:27 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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“There was actually a lot of functions on there that I had no clue what on earth they did,” Bordeaux said of the system.”

I guarantee you more time and money has been spent deciding if the US military should pay for gender re-assignment surgery than was spent training this sailor to steer.


27 posted on 12/23/2019 9:29:39 AM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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