To give citations to GPs "I heard" > Masters are held solely responsible for all damage or accidents of whatever kind resulting from the navigation or handling

To give citations to GPs "I heard" > Masters are held solely responsible for all damage or accidents of whatever kind resulting from the navigation or handling of their vessels directly or indirectly by day or night. [1] And this journalist didn't seem to thing highly of the Suez Canal pilots: > Technically the pilot took command of the bridge, though the pilot we had was too busy eating his way through the entire menu, and dozing, to be particularly commanding. The second officer had to keep waking him up for instructions [2] Now obviously that's a single anecdote, but there's plenty more articles and blog posts of a similar vein. [1] https://www.seawaysmarine.com/SECTION%20%20II%20%20-%20PILOTAGE.pdf https://www.seawaysmarine.com/SECTION%20%20II%20%20-%20PILOT... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/25/suez-canal-cargo-ship-ever-given-stuck https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/25/suez-c...