Titan sub CEO dismissed safety warnings as 'baseless cries', emails show

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Titan sub CEO dismissed safety warnings as 'baseless cries', emails show
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I have a sinking feeling he might have made a mistake.

This is a pretty low joke, why don't you show some respect here?

I am sure he was under a lot of pressure to run a successful business. Traveling down to the bottom of the ocean is a titanic undertaking. If people started to complain about safety regulations, then that was just the tip of the iceberg and who knows what other obstacles could have cropped up along the way to sink his ship.

Edit: 2 people can't read

I was in the Marines and you couldn’t pay me to sink to the bottom of the ocean in a metal tube bolted in with 4 other idiots. They all signed a waiver stating the vehicle wasn’t properly tested.

There is no respect to be given here. All of them were advised of the risks and they accepted them. We are free to make fun of them for their decision since they literally signed a waiver for their lives.

Safety regulations save lives. If my crew wasn’t properly anchored to something I’d lambast them for improper safety. I’ve also terminated crews for not following safety protocols. There was nothing safe about what these idiots did and they got exactly what was coming to them.

@finthechat @jay91 @VanillaGorilla @NumbersCanBeFun @Sordid guarantee this guy had it made and is a rich idiot

Still, this was a deep situation. It's unfathomable to think that anyone could feel nothing about this.

You don't have to feel crushed by the news, but at least show some respect. If I had $250,000 for every rude comment I've read about OceanGate in the last few days...

May they rest in PSI.