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"He should be thinking he is the one person onboard who is responsible to make decisions about what goes in fuel tanks."
No, that would be the adult captain doing the act or the engineer who works for that captain and the current owner of the vessel.

"if the owner tells the captain to perform an illegal or unsafe act it does not relieve anyone of the responsibility for taking that action."
Obviously you missed the fact that he (not being as smart as you) didn't even consider the act to be dangerous or illegal. He thought it may hurt the machinery.

"Damage is a downstream consequence, the immediate threat is the creation of a hazard and a violation of hazmat rules among others."
I agree completely as I mentioned in post #8

"That my friend is precisely why I am happy thinking like that id being relegated to the part of this industry where it impacts the fewest people, hopefully it will continue to fade away with time."(referring to taking someone to task for anonymously ratting a person out like a schoolyard tattletale in stead of confronting them face to face like a man.)
A weasel is a weasel and is dealt with like a weasel. If you consider that 18th century thinking that's fine by me. You might want to stay in your room though, because there are a lot of people in the 21st century that you really don't want to deal with.

"If the captain were the only person to "accept" the consequences that might be OK, unfortunately far too many other people suffer the consequences of the poor training, incompetence, stupidity, and blind arrogance behind the management position you describe. It has no place in this industry."
Is that not what I said when I wrote: "My personal policy, which I announce to my hands, is that I welcome second guessing "
I'm just not arrogant enough to think that the world not only should, but does live by my standards.

It's a shame that you stayed up all night and that was the best you could come up with. Maybe you should just stop trying to start fights were none exist for a change. Even you may find there is more to be learned.

This thread has served out its useful purpose. I think that YF would do well to close it at this time unless someone can think of anything productive that hasn't been covered. Bon Voyage Marmot.