BobMc
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Complacency and boating
Back in my Navy days I was counsel to an admiral investigating the grounding of an aircraft carrier in a northern harbor following a six month yard period. Turns out the crew was so accustomed to going in and out of one particular port (almost daily) that they had actually forgotten how to take the ranges and bearings necessary to safely navigate a large ship through unfamiliar waters (the was many years before the advent of GPS). The damage was not a pretty sight! Neither the captain, the XO, the navigator or the training officer survived the "hit" to their careers.
Back in my Navy days I was counsel to an admiral investigating the grounding of an aircraft carrier in a northern harbor following a six month yard period. Turns out the crew was so accustomed to going in and out of one particular port (almost daily) that they had actually forgotten how to take the ranges and bearings necessary to safely navigate a large ship through unfamiliar waters (the was many years before the advent of GPS). The damage was not a pretty sight! Neither the captain, the XO, the navigator or the training officer survived the "hit" to their careers.
