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The commanders of the fleet of Costa Crociere to dissociate oneself from the declarations of USCLAC-UNCDiM, than in its turn accusation she prints
The opinion "to inform": an ill-prepared union to I confront media continues to offer elements in order to discredit, to damage and to defame not only Skate, but all the commanders of the ships
January 30, 2012

The commanders of the ships of the fleet of Costa Crociere have diffused an official notice in which they emphasize to dissociate from the which released declarations friday from the president of the union of the Master mariners USCLAC-UNCDiM, Antonino Nobile, and from councilman Pietro Gardella in the course of a press conference dedicated to the incident of Costa Concordia (inforMARE on January 27, 2012).

"We want to believe - the commanders of Costa Crociere in the note have explained - than features of declarations returned in a moment of particular emotional ardor. The commanders of cruise ships - they have evidenced - are aware of the responsibilities that involve their role, and operate on the base of an elevated professionality, recognized to international level. They do not head at the "fortune", do not make "poppycock in order to make to amuse the passengers", neither need to demonstrate own courage in such way".

"Sure affirmations - they have continued - belittle the job that we make daily in safety, in the respect of the safeguard of the human life in sea, the national and international rules, and of those dictated by the good sense. In a so sad moment - they have concluded the commanders of the crocieristica company - we refuse also to banalize the tragic budget of the incident of Isola del Giglio with comparisons of bad taste".

To this note an official notice of USCLAC-UNCDiM is followed with which the two trade-union acronyms they have intended "to specify and to refute brought back how much from some heads as a result of the press conference held to Genoa the 27 day January". USCLAC-UNCDiM has specified "that in no way it has been spoken about the so-called "practical bow" as of a habitual one for "amusement of the passengers" or as "courage test". Parimenti - it has emphasized the labor organization - only an instrumental interpretation of a which lasted encounter an average hour and in particular of the concept of "navigation in safety" can have inspired the heads that have attributed to USCLAC-UNCDiM the intention to raise commander Schettino from every possible responsibility".

"The only objective of the two unions - the note of USCLAC-UNCDiM continues - has been and remains that to suggest to the average that they take care of the tragedy of the Lily an approach moderated, that holds in consideration that, in the light of how much up to now emerged by the investigations and been profitable of public dominion, dynamics of the incident and the next events completely remains to clarify. As to clarify the responsibilities of the several protagonists of these facts remain. A burden that is only up to the magistracy to fulfill, after an accurate investigation for which the study of the black box turns out unavoidable".

The official notice concludes that, "regarding the position of commander Schettino, USCLAC-UNCDiM intends to attend the outcome of the aforesaid investigation before to express every judgment and invites all to make equally, limiting itself to offer to the official the assistance that the law and the trade-union charter preview that it is lend".


The opinion inforMARE

The trade-union union USCLAC-UNCDiM is an association that represents an important category of workers, but numerically not consisting: that of the commanders and the chief engineers of the ships.

It does not have the task to make from enrolled spokesman to hundred of thousands of as the main national unions and are not, as instead these last ones, equipped in order to face the complex at best and delicate task to represent the associates in the relationships with prints.

This we had emphasized friday giving news of the press conference on the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship indetta from USCLAC-UNCDiM with the announced objective "to emphasize the importance of a corrected media approach to an event that risk to having serious repercussions for the categories from represented they and for the industry in its complex".

Objective that USCLAC-UNCDiM has completely failed. And for guilt of it does not print, as accusation the issued official notice successively from the union in order to refute "brought back how much from some heads".

Being inforMARE a daily paper that publishes own news in real time, and therefore before many other publishing heads, in some way we have felt ourselves in it must justify preventively a trade-union association not prepared to face I confront with prints on a tragic event as that of the disaster of Costa Concordia. For this, in our article of friday, we have evidenced firstly the inexperience of USCLAC-UNCDiM with regard to this.

We were worried that the present journalists to the conference, you want because not specialist of the field you want because accustomed to -to chip in with representatives of the workers purposely delegated to I confront with the average, would not have intended the assertions of USCLAC-UNCDiM considering that to the category of the captains and the chief engineers he happens only exceptionally of being to the center of the national and world-wide attention.

Saturday we have read many articles and written up notes of agency from the present journalists to the press conference of the day precedence.

Whoever writes, being it are she anticipates to the encounter, she has been astonished of the fact that many our colleagues have known to perhaps comprise such impreparazione putting in evidence only the essential topics of the conference and illustrating with clarity the position of the union regarding the event, congruent or incongruous that was.

Whoever writes has been astonished moreover that many of the young colleagues have known to resist to the temptation "to slate" on the category of the commanders of ship as happens sometimes in some television programs who turn over the frittata fintantoché completely is not burnt.

Nevertheless, to our warning, of reasons in order to criticize the category until the defamation friday they are offered some numerous. And USCLAC-UNCDiM, with the official notice of precisazione of the day after, of it grants others.

"In no way - USCLAC-UNCDiM supports - it has been spoken about the so-called "bow"", that is of the practical one to carry the ship in proximity of the shoreline for a salute to the coastal communities, "as of practical a habitual one for "amusement of the passengers" or as "test of courage"".

How much declaring from the union, simply, is false. USCLAC-UNCDiM has clarified own - as they have confirmed the tens of colleagues of prints you anticipate friday - than the bow is practical a habitual one from always.

But friday has been said worse. Some voices of USCLAC-UNCDiM, five or the six that give a sure point in then maldestramente tried to explain the position of the union, have spoken about daring and similar amenities, almost to motivate or to justify the decision of commanders that they deviate from the which predetermined route in order to carry the ship a lot or too much close of the coast.

Bluntly: this is unacceptable. We do not know if the "daring" is chargeable only to some commander or also to some shipowning companies or who other.

How to judge if not most serious, intolerable, inadmissible, absurd, nefarious and delinquent the maneuver of a commander who carries its ship to lambire the coast in order to demonstrate its ability, or of the commander of an airplane that decides to graze the ground in order to give proof of skill or still of leading of coach that borders on the edge of the road in order to offer an emotion to its passengers?

We do not know if this is made by the commander of Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino. They will be the technical magistracy and inquiries to ascertain it. On this we agree with USCLAC-UNCDiM. Sul remainder not.

Friday the union has not defended its associate, but it has supplied to prints, and therefore to the public opinion, not only other elements in order to discredit, to damage and to defame Skate, but in order to condemn parimenti the entire category of the ship commanders.

For this, to our warning, the employee commanders of Costa Crociere, enrolled and not joined USCLAC-UNCDiM, have intentional to dissociate from the affirmations of the representatives of the union.

That of friday could have been archived item as an incident which had to the inexperience of USCLAC-UNCDiM, than it does not use to navigate in waters of the journalistic information.

But instead thanking tacitly it prints in order not to have “shot on the Red Cross”, USCLAC-UNCDiM the accusation to have given “an instrumental interpretation” of the encounter.

inforMARE invites USCLAC-UNCDiM to reflect on happened how much.

More: we wish that USCLAC-UNCDiM strays from the union anyone justifies in any way presumed actions of courage, audacity or daring that place in serious risk the life of the people.

It is opportune, indeed right, to evidence it: anyone completes these actions, or anyone induces or forces someone to complete them, is irresponsible and a scoundrel.

Bruno Bellio


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