That's surprising that is still happening nowadays. My brother is a Merchant Mariner. I think he is officer first class now but he worked his way up from AB.

That's surprising that is still happening nowadays. My brother is a Merchant Mariner. I think he is officer first class now but he worked his way up from AB. He just left out, he is probably going to be on the ship 8 months, maybe more depending. It used to be 3 months on 3 off. The contract he had gotten back from was supposed to be that but because of the world right now ended up being 6 months. I think he was only back for 3 before they called him back. He was the health and safety officer on his last outing, said that people were going crazy. Kept imagining they were getting Covid when they had been to sea after a month, said that there was a suicide on another vessel by someone who thought he was sick.(either was worried everyone was going to hate him for spreading the disease or afraid he would spread it to others.) Hope your cousin is staying safe out there. Don't know your nationality but the hopefully he can warn others quietly about that, the US is supposed to have a guild/union but I hear they aren't always the best.