Goonhub
09-29-2016, 06:44 PM
I feel like you're definitely trying to make it into a hard and fast rule, Ursula - something that can be definitively pointed to in an argument so you can authoritatively declare 'No, This is what The Rules say, so this is how it's going to be done'. I'm not saying that's a bad approach - heaven knows I'd appreciate solid clarifications on a few other similar topics - but on a matter like this, it seems doomed to failure. The crew's practically 50/50 split - clown aside - is a pretty clear indicator that ultimately the situation on the ground boils down to the people involved in that particular matter at the time.
Even in the clear-cut examples you give, there are times in which I would feel the Captain is in the right, and others when the HOS is in the right. In neither case would I especially involve myself in the matter unless I was obligated to do so. If you make it a hard and fast rule, you're saying 'okay, from now on, whenever such situations arise, one side is Definitely Right, and the other is Definitely Wrong', no matter how loose the rule is. That takes away from the spirit of the thing, I feel.
Even in the clear-cut examples you give, there are times in which I would feel the Captain is in the right, and others when the HOS is in the right. In neither case would I especially involve myself in the matter unless I was obligated to do so. If you make it a hard and fast rule, you're saying 'okay, from now on, whenever such situations arise, one side is Definitely Right, and the other is Definitely Wrong', no matter how loose the rule is. That takes away from the spirit of the thing, I feel.