Muster (or lack of) drill on P&O

I'm sorry, I misspoke...in this instance i think SPLOOOSH GURGLE BLUB BLUB is more apropos.

Actually, I did for quite awhile..I collected bad markers for casinos..especially from people who "always" win....lots of "hospitality" there eh? Besides, "harsh" is the end result when 3-4-5 thousand people start milling around like lost chickens in a real emergency......but we've had this "discussion" several times...beat it up pretty good if I remember correctly.... (whats the sound of a snapping limb? no matter.. a more interesting sound is what happens when someone hits the ground...OOOOOFFF!!! SPLATTTT!!!)

Harsh.

I might be going out on a limb here but I think you probably didn't have a career in the hospitality industry.

third try.....couldn't agree more,,,I don't care what the lines SAY they'll do under those circumstances, assume the worst...thats reality. Always wondered what some of the lines did to truants...a letter the next day is "nice"...I say de-activate their cards...make em go to guest servies to get it re-activated, but first attend the class they missed...right there in the lobby in front of guest services...so everyone else can pass by and make faces...

I was on a P&O ship earlier this year and was not aware of the change of rules and I also missed the announcement about attending the muster, although I am an experienced cruiser.

Overnight a letter was delivered to my cabin chastising me for failing to attend and requiring my presence at 10am in one of the theatre lounges. A member of the crew then delivered a 10-minute address to the naughty people.

On a safety issue, I am concerned about the number of wheelchair-bound passengers on P&O ships and those of other lines. In the event of an emergency, and with the lifts not being used, the crew would have to carry disabled people up or down a number of flights of stairs. Since immobile people tend to put on weight, this would not be easy.

This is not a rant against the disabled taking cruises but a safety fear. I fear it will take a tragedy for safety to be improved.

By having a muster drill, as in "Ye Olden Times..." one had an inclination that safety was also the responsibility of the passenger.

Now the new set up is nobody taking it seriously at all.

(P&O is a dreadful cruise line anyhow. Pretentious and tacky.)

Lynn looks great in a lifejacket

Agree completely..Thats like someone explaining to me all about being in the infantry in a combat zone based on watching movies. I usually turn my ears off..(I can do that, since they don't work right since '67 and ring anyway)...You can't "be ready", or know what you'll do unless and until you're in it up to your.........and even then, you can do everything right and still get it...in those kinds of situations..., a huge dollop of luck is better than anything...

You can’t be ready if you’ve never found yourself in that situation.

In aviation we give them the tools to help in an emergency, there is no expectation you know what to do if the worse happens.

Here we are again...when (not if) theres a major disaster, there'll be some sort of investigation, a la COSTA CONCORDIA.. Buried in all of those other threads are a number of experiences equalling yours...going to our so-called muster station on embarcation day is now a complete joke...yes, we've had our cards scanned, and left immediately.....to eat of course...I opined that when the ship burns, or lists, or sinks (as ships at sea do and not on a sunny calm day either) just maybe folks with some kind of military discipline instilled in them, even if it was 1000 years ago, coupled with a requisite bad attitude, just might survive...emphasis on "might":.....

Excellent point, we need to learn from our mistakes and put things in place to ensure better outcomes next time, one thing we're usually really good at in aviation.

I agree that the solution is somewhere in between, the crew should be ready, but you can never prepare a passenger for a real emergency.