KamloopsCruisers Posted May 20, 2006 #1 Share Posted May 20, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRUISR Posted May 20, 2006 #2 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Very interesting. I never heard of that happening before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optifire Posted May 20, 2006 #3 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Wow...what a story...thanks for postiing it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted May 20, 2006 #4 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Very interesting. I never heard of that happening before. I bet Exxon wishes it had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isujim Posted May 20, 2006 #5 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Thanks for providing the link to this story........I missed it......... Unbelievable........glad the Coast Guard stepped in........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvery Seas Cruiser Posted May 20, 2006 #6 Share Posted May 20, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltiGator Posted May 20, 2006 #7 Share Posted May 20, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted May 20, 2006 #8 Share Posted May 20, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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