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Originally Posted by strupgolf
I'm a bit confused yellieperil. Your first post was about ships leaving without pilots.You thought that was a bad idea. I thought you were a pilot, no? Your last post is showing the inside of the ship in port unloading. Now, are you a port pilot, or a helping hand in the port? I think I see a pattern here: you are sad that your friend is retiring after so many years as a pilot, you would like to be that person, but you can see the writing on the wall that his job is going away, replaced by gizmies or computers that can see better. Correct me if I'm wrong here.
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I am not a pilot, my friend is. He's retiring. I do not want to be a pilot but I do think we should continue with pilots I think a pilot is safest option for vessels coming in or leaving. For example, I could probably drive a semi on a freeway, maybe for a short time, but it would be a different story if I tried to drive in Manhattan.
But really, I was only showing a few pics, thinking it may be interesting to some who are not living in port cities to see "how it's done". It's always been interesting to me, and I thought I would share. I wasn't trying to start a debate on pilots versus no pilots. Thanks for looking.