Re: Communication from bridge to CIC or vice versa.

Brad Meyer <bradm110@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:09:15 GMT, Fred J. McCall
:<fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:>Brad Meyer <bradm110@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:>:On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:15:50 +0200, "dott.Piergiorgio"
:>:<dott.piergiorgio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>:
:>:>Brad Meyer ha scritto:
:>:>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:41:14 GMT, "Timothy S. McFeely"
:>:>> <flankbell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>:>>
:>:>>> Could someone explain to me how the OOD runs a ship while under attack on a
:>:>>> skimmer? Does his voice count?
:>:>>
:>:>> I have a very hard time imagining a situation wherein the ship was in
:>:>> battle but the captain had not taken the conn. The OOD would oversee
:>:>> the bridge watchstanders and back up the old man.
:>:>
:>:>
:>:>I think that the only case when OOD has conning in battle is when the
:>:>OOD is the third in command chain (Navigator?) and both CO and XO are
:>:>casualties....
:>:
:>:Even then it would likely be temporary until the next in command could
:>:reach the bridge.
:>
:>Why would anyone go to the bridge? You fight the ship from CIC.
:
:My experience is that the Captain conns the ship from the bridge and
:communicates with CIC rather then being in CIC and communicating with
:the bridge.

How old is your experience? The Captain needs to be where he has the
best information to make informed decisions quickly. That would be in
CIC paying attention to the situation, not on the bridge driving the
boat.

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