Originally Posted by Waitingformins

It’s not horsesh*t, a friend of mine loaded barges and ships for a top oil company, he always talked about the degenerates that worked those decks, constantly smelled like booze, stumbling around drunk, they would never have anybody that spoke English. They showed up with ships that were so rusty he could see through them. He refused to load several times due to the shape the equipment was in. The flag of convenience all started because of American shipping punitive liability cost, so the remedy is now if the ship leaks just don’t report it, IF it washes up on shore they’d never know who to blame. If they do catch us, O well surrender the ship and start over, good thing it’s registered in Liberia, less liability.



How would you feel about flying equipment so terrible that the FBO refused to fuel you, and you had to cancel the flight? Then the FBO would make the FSDO show up to do an airworthiness inspection so they could load you? Talk to the Coast Guard happens all the time with shipping. Have you ever flown a plane that was registered in Liberia and maintained under their law? What about a Liberian approved repair to the wing spar?