Scott from LongIsland
Contributor
Yeah, that’s not people choosing the cheaper boat, that is just a clientele with low brain capacity. They actually chose the more expensive choice so that whole argument is backwards. You can’t use one example in one part of the world and make mass generalizations about the entire world. That’s quite myopic. And if we are talking about Florida and the general vicinity…that is a rather unique customer base. It is no where near a full representation of how the rest of the world thinks and operates. I would also venture to guess that marketing of the two trips and the differences may have played a role in people‘s decisions.
SOME people do want safety. Maybe not all and maybe not most but there are plenty of people out there willing to pay an extra buck or two to get some semblance of safety. A good briefing does not cut it in my eyes and a briefing has nothing to do with how the boat is kept. My most recent trip was on the Nautilus Belle Amie. That fleet takes safety seriously and it shows. I can say with 100% certainty that the vast majority of the divers on that boat chose it for safety. I specifically asked every single passenger on the boat about this.
I was on the ill fated Red Sea Aggressor a few weeks before it sank. Saftey is of utmost importance for me and whoever I travel with. I typically organize the trips for my group. I know that I will never ever take a boat in the Siren/Master fleet. I made that decision way before this incident as their track record speaks volumes. There are far cheaper options that those two fleets too. Did mass charging stations with lots of lithium batteries even exist in the situation referenced above? Times change, demands change and so do levels of safety. One can’t look at the past and just say, well that’s how it’s been so that’s how it‘s going to be…
Choosing one example and experience and implying that it is some omniscient view that enlightens others is rather comical. Liveaboard passengers are an odd bunch…there is a very very wide range of what people want and demand on the boats. The Indo Siren isn’t any cheaper than other boats in the area anyway so none of that logic applies in this case. There are many cheaper boats in that area.
