Celebrity Captain Removed from Ship

[KamloopsCruisers]

Celebrity's PR Dept must be working overtime - it hasn't been a good couple of weeks for them.

 

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Ship_Captain_Alcohol.html

[NYCRUISR]

Very interesting. I never heard of that happening before.

[Optifire]

Wow...what a story...thanks for postiing it....

[Cuizer2]

Very interesting. I never heard of that happening before.

 

I bet Exxon wishes it had.

[isujim]

Thanks for providing the link to this story........I missed it.........

 

Unbelievable........glad the Coast Guard stepped in...........

[Silvery Seas Cruiser]

The captain has already been fired and may face a year in prison. He would not have been "caught" except for the fact that the coast guard was doing a routine inspection and noticed the captain had a strong smell of alcohol. They administered a Breathalyzer" test right then and there, and he was escorted of the ship.

 

Wow! Pretty scary stuff. I wonder if passengers on the Mercury had any idea what was going on.

[BaltiGator]

Scary for the passengers and crew, and tragic for the captain himself. Obviously he has an alcohol problem, and now he has lost his career and faces criminal penalties. What a shame. Thank God his lack of control didn't get anybody hurt.

[Ocean Boy]

I saw this on the Today show this morning. Celebrity / RCI really seems to have its hands full lately. I wish I could say that I have no understanding as to how someone can rise to become the master of a ship and do such a thing but I guess I find less and less surprising as time goes by.