I want to know how Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino got his job as a ships captain. My wife and I have cruised for many years on several different cruise lines and I have spoken with many of the ships captains. One thing they all have in common they were all very professional. From what I get from the news stories about Captain Francesco is he was anything but professional. Who at the Costa Line was protecting him during his career with the cruise line? If know one was protecting him, then the cruise line needs to look at how they fill the captain positions on their ships. In my work experience I have met many people like this captain, they either know someone or their family does and every time they mess up they are moved up until they really really mess things up and then know one knows how they got to the position they are in. Listen to his excuses, he sounds like a little boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar, not like a man that was responsible for over 4000 lives. He is a disgrace to every ships captain, and should have never been a ships captain. If you think I am wrong, listen to the recorded cell phone call between him and the Italian Coast Guard.

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