Interview: What has happened to ... a pilot? | Cruisetricks.de - The cruise reporter
From a pilot see cruise ship passengers usually only slightly when it is moved up with a small, fast pilot boat on the side of the hull and often changes with a daring leap onto the cruise ship and in the same way leaves the ship again upon departure. But what exactly does the pilot actually on a cruise ship?
Ted Davisson has over 30 years a pilot on the Mississippi River and helps there captains of both freight and cruise ships, the difficult route between New Orleans and Baton Rouge to deal with accidents - this is usually possible, but not always, as our interview hamburg sued shows. By the way Ted Davisson is also an avid amateur photographer who knows how to take advantage of the unusual angle of the bridge of the ship. On his website he shows some of his photos: Capt.. Ted's Mississippi River Pictures. What is the job of a pilot exactly?
Technically, we do two things: to help the one hand, the captain generally going safely navigate his ship and on the other hand, we keep on board in the director in regard to the specific motion of the ship. The premised sees the reality of my experience after so that the captain hamburg sued his command voluntarily shares with me my instructions accepts and acts on them, no matter what kind of maneuvers performed by the ship straight.
Nevertheless, the captain is always responsible for his ship and is responsible. Only in the Panama Canal, the pilot actually takes the captain's duties, in all other ports in the world, the master remains the sole responsibility and commander of his ship.
It is self-evident that this rather unusual relationship between hamburg sued pilot and captain can sometimes be a bit tricky. But the leadership of ships has long since evolved to work in teams with intensive cooperation between pilot and captain. hamburg sued And this is also true for the relationship between pilot and captain on cruise ships, hamburg sued driving up the Mississippi River. What training and what licenses you need in order to exercise the job of a pilot may?
In the U.S., you need a First Class Pilot's License for merchant ships of the U.S. Coast Guard, hamburg sued to work as a pilot on commercial vessels with American or foreign flag may. In the Port of New Orleans NOBRA Pilot Association calls in which I am a member with impeccable reputation that each candidate must be driven active for a pilot site at least one year with a First Class Pilot's License at sea. In addition, some nautical courses must be occupied, for example, the handling of a boat in an emergency. The precise terms and conditions can be found on the NOBRA site. In addition, the NOBRA Pilot Association requires annual health test and training courses. What did you personally led to the occupation of pilots?
I have worked in the high school and during the summer holidays on the Delta Queen, sometimes referred to as auxiliary power on deck or as a luggage carrier, sometimes in the engine hamburg sued room. After college, I realized that I had so collected enough hours "Coast Guard time" to get a license hamburg sued as a mate. So, I decided to continue working on the river, graduated from the National River Academy and worked as a helmsman on pushing hamburg sued boats between hamburg sued St. Louis and Chicago on the Illinois River.
Later I returned to the steamer and worked me over the years a First Class Pilot's License hamburg sued for the Mississippi and Ohio River from the mouth of the Mississippi to Cincinnati, Ohio. I was master, chief mate and helmsman on both the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen, before I then at the 1980 New Orleans - could begin Baton Rouge Pilot Association (NOBRA) as a pilot and now I'm working still there. hamburg sued If you are as a pilot on board a ship, you take because sometimes even the rudder or give direct instructions to the helmsman?
I give verbal instructions to the team on the bridge. The bridge team consists of captain's First officer hamburg sued and helmsman. In order to control the ship, I'll give the helmsman instructions in which direction and how far it is to move the steering wheel.
So if the ship should only slightly change, for example, the course to starboard, I say "starboard 10" - which means the steering pursue ten degrees to starboard. The rudder indicator of a ship ranges from 35 degrees in one to 35 degrees in the other direction and depending on how fast the ship is about to change hamburg sued its course, the steering wheel must be of sufficient strength or less be taken. If, despite all precautions in the presence of a mustards on the bridge a Unfal
From a pilot see cruise ship passengers usually only slightly when it is moved up with a small, fast pilot boat on the side of the hull and often changes with a daring leap onto the cruise ship and in the same way leaves the ship again upon departure. But what exactly does the pilot actually on a cruise ship?
Ted Davisson has over 30 years a pilot on the Mississippi River and helps there captains of both freight and cruise ships, the difficult route between New Orleans and Baton Rouge to deal with accidents - this is usually possible, but not always, as our interview hamburg sued shows. By the way Ted Davisson is also an avid amateur photographer who knows how to take advantage of the unusual angle of the bridge of the ship. On his website he shows some of his photos: Capt.. Ted's Mississippi River Pictures. What is the job of a pilot exactly?
Technically, we do two things: to help the one hand, the captain generally going safely navigate his ship and on the other hand, we keep on board in the director in regard to the specific motion of the ship. The premised sees the reality of my experience after so that the captain hamburg sued his command voluntarily shares with me my instructions accepts and acts on them, no matter what kind of maneuvers performed by the ship straight.
Nevertheless, the captain is always responsible for his ship and is responsible. Only in the Panama Canal, the pilot actually takes the captain's duties, in all other ports in the world, the master remains the sole responsibility and commander of his ship.
It is self-evident that this rather unusual relationship between hamburg sued pilot and captain can sometimes be a bit tricky. But the leadership of ships has long since evolved to work in teams with intensive cooperation between pilot and captain. hamburg sued And this is also true for the relationship between pilot and captain on cruise ships, hamburg sued driving up the Mississippi River. What training and what licenses you need in order to exercise the job of a pilot may?
In the U.S., you need a First Class Pilot's License for merchant ships of the U.S. Coast Guard, hamburg sued to work as a pilot on commercial vessels with American or foreign flag may. In the Port of New Orleans NOBRA Pilot Association calls in which I am a member with impeccable reputation that each candidate must be driven active for a pilot site at least one year with a First Class Pilot's License at sea. In addition, some nautical courses must be occupied, for example, the handling of a boat in an emergency. The precise terms and conditions can be found on the NOBRA site. In addition, the NOBRA Pilot Association requires annual health test and training courses. What did you personally led to the occupation of pilots?
I have worked in the high school and during the summer holidays on the Delta Queen, sometimes referred to as auxiliary power on deck or as a luggage carrier, sometimes in the engine hamburg sued room. After college, I realized that I had so collected enough hours "Coast Guard time" to get a license hamburg sued as a mate. So, I decided to continue working on the river, graduated from the National River Academy and worked as a helmsman on pushing hamburg sued boats between hamburg sued St. Louis and Chicago on the Illinois River.
Later I returned to the steamer and worked me over the years a First Class Pilot's License hamburg sued for the Mississippi and Ohio River from the mouth of the Mississippi to Cincinnati, Ohio. I was master, chief mate and helmsman on both the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen, before I then at the 1980 New Orleans - could begin Baton Rouge Pilot Association (NOBRA) as a pilot and now I'm working still there. hamburg sued If you are as a pilot on board a ship, you take because sometimes even the rudder or give direct instructions to the helmsman?
I give verbal instructions to the team on the bridge. The bridge team consists of captain's First officer hamburg sued and helmsman. In order to control the ship, I'll give the helmsman instructions in which direction and how far it is to move the steering wheel.
So if the ship should only slightly change, for example, the course to starboard, I say "starboard 10" - which means the steering pursue ten degrees to starboard. The rudder indicator of a ship ranges from 35 degrees in one to 35 degrees in the other direction and depending on how fast the ship is about to change hamburg sued its course, the steering wheel must be of sufficient strength or less be taken. If, despite all precautions in the presence of a mustards on the bridge a Unfal
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