OceanGate wanted to train Titan pilots in one day, whistleblower saysUS Coast Guard
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00:00Manual, the intention for Oceangate, unbeknownst to me when I came across,
00:07they wanted to be able to qualify a pilot in a day.
00:10Somebody that had never sat in a submersible.
00:13They wanted people to basically come in, get checked out as pilots,
00:17and be able to take passengers down in the sub.
00:21That is a huge red flag.
00:24That is a no-no.
00:25You don't do that.
00:26It's a long process.
00:27It's not just a case of sitting down, driving a submersible around.
00:31There's a lot more to it.
00:33You've got to understand topside operations,
00:35weather, limitations on vessels, launch recoveries.
00:38There's a lot to cover.
00:42I met resistance with that,
00:43but I got into this manual as much as I possibly could
00:47to get it approved by senior management, which it did.