For those who are unaware: A couple billionaires, a pilot, and one of the billionaires’ son are currently stuck inside an extremely tiny sub a couple thousand meters under the sea (inside of the sub with the guys above).
They were supposed to dive down to the titanic, but lost connection about halfway down. They’ve been missing for the past 48 hours, and have 2 days until the oxygen in the sub runs out. Do you think they’ll make it?
The only outcome we can be sure of at this point is that the company responsible for this mess is going to have to answer a lot of questions.
The ceo is aboard the “sub,” so it might be one of the few times a ceo actually gets punished for being an asshole.
Why are we assuming the CEO is an asshole? The guy is probably about to die, let’s have some class.
Because he has shown himself to be an asshole. A direct quote he once said was “at some point, safety is just pure waste”. https://www.insider.com/missing-titanic-sub-ceo-told-reporter-safety-pure-waste-2023-6
He chose to ignore safety ratings for things like the porthole glass. He’s the one lacking class, playing with lives for money.
The NY Times article linked above sure makes him look like an asshole. Said he wasn’t doing any normal testing because all of that “red tape” gets in the way of “innovation” - in other words, gets in the way of him making money.
He’ll have died how he lived.
There a video linked of him (I think it’s the CEO anyway) laughing as he reads a waiver saying the submersible has not been tested and could result in death and then says where do I sign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29co_Hksk6o&t=169
The man reading the waiver and laughing is a reporter named David Pogue, not the CEO.
And some massive lawsuits to handle.
I think there already is one. There was a guy working for that company who was fired for whistleblowing after the ceo ignored his safety concerns, and now that employee is going after the company for wrongful termination.
That ceo knew it was dangerous but still decided to drag 4 other people to a watery grave