I was in the Navy when these we being announced, and since I worked in the engine room everyone had an opinion…
Officers wouldn’t stop talking about how great they’d be. Because lots of stuff was automated and there wouldn’t be many enlisted. They envisioned it as like a Star Trek bridge where they had a handful of people to push buttons for them.
Every enlisted knew it would go to shit, because eventually everything breaks. And if the people on it only knew how to press buttons, no one would be able to fix what broke.
I didn’t know the actual plan was to rely on contractors so much for maintenance, but that’s probably the stupidest part of the whole thing. It’s bad enough if they’re brought on for shipyard stuff where it’s parked for 6-12 months, but trying to get them to do routine maintenance is insane.
Every enlisted knew it would go to shit, because eventually everything breaks. And if the people on it only knew how to press buttons, no one would be able to fix what broke.
I think you’ve just summed up modern civilization right there.
I was in the Navy when these we being announced, and since I worked in the engine room everyone had an opinion…
Officers wouldn’t stop talking about how great they’d be. Because lots of stuff was automated and there wouldn’t be many enlisted. They envisioned it as like a Star Trek bridge where they had a handful of people to push buttons for them.
Every enlisted knew it would go to shit, because eventually everything breaks. And if the people on it only knew how to press buttons, no one would be able to fix what broke.
I didn’t know the actual plan was to rely on contractors so much for maintenance, but that’s probably the stupidest part of the whole thing. It’s bad enough if they’re brought on for shipyard stuff where it’s parked for 6-12 months, but trying to get them to do routine maintenance is insane.
I think you’ve just summed up modern civilization right there.