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Originally Posted by WEBSTER
captains handled "problems" not everyday routine stuff.
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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
Sounds like a bunch of issues that would have been handled by the petty officers and not the captain.
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Originally Posted by JScones
Or, my preferable option: "Leave such matters to the discipline WO to deal with. That's why your U-boat has one".
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Just throwing in my agreement here. Naval works are full of references to "the terrible isolation" of the captain. I thought SH4 was pretty good in that respect, fixing the micromanagement problems of SH3. I don't mind if the crew talks to me, as long as I don't have to perform every task on the boat, and as long as it doesn't get boring.
As for crew problems coming to the captain's attention, the Chief Petty Officers are in charge of their divisions, the junior Division Officers are in charge of them, and the XO/1WO is in charge of crew relations over all, and their main function in that regard is to make sure the captain never hears about it. If a division officer has to deal with it, the division CPO will get a good reaming. If the 1WO hears about it, the junior officer in charge will wish he had stayed in bed sick that day. If the captain hears about it, he usually won't say anything, but you can bet he'll be asking for new officers next cruise. And everybody junior to him knows it.