u/marinerpunk

My company up in Alaska is trying to find a captain for our tug. HMU

Most google searches just bring up people who make corporate campaigns. I may need some services in the future.

We’ve all got some questions.

All last year I was sailing with my captain who supposedly had his DE and he was signing me off for my TOAR. I finished all the papers and sent them to the coast guard in February and recently received a message saying that my captains DE has been expired since 2023 and that I have 90 days to get my TOAR signed off by someone qualified or my application will be discarded. My captain filled out some paper work and sent to the coast guard and they said they would reinstate his DE on July 1st. This would leave me roughly 26 days to have him resign all my papers again and re submit to the coast guard. Butttt now that captain has recently injured himself and has to go home for like 2 months. By the time he comes back to work and signs my papers again the 90 day window the coast guard gave me will lapse. The mate on board is convinced that the captain will be able to just sign the papers for the dates we worked on last year but I’m not certain that will fly. He can’t get his DE and then sign me off for dates in the past when his DE was expired can he?