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I am partial to freedom since at the time it was put into service it was the biggest cruise ship in the world, and one of the original captains, Erik Tengelsen, was a good friend of mine from the Sovereign of the seas days,,,,

Hello enjoying your dailies. We are on the 4/5/2014 sailing last year we did the same cruise. The hosts were Remco Hendriks (who is now Cruise Sales Associate on another ship:() and Bruce V????. I was wondering if Bruce would be back on the 4/5/2014 sailing. Would you be so kind to ask the current host.

Sandi

Think I saw him on facebook putting up a 22 foot Christmas tree :p:p

For all of you who have fond memories of cruising with Erik, and who have wondered where he might be today, I am pleased to report that he has accepted a shoreside posting with the Norwegian Maritime Authority in Haugesand, Norway, effective Dec 10.

I wish him well in his new position, and thank him for 10 years of great cruise memories on Sovereign ,Majesty, Serenade, Voyager, Freedom, and Brilliance.

Best Wishes and Godspeed.:)

Captain Hernan Zini will be the captain at first, and then it will be Captain Teo. (can't spell his last name without looking it up. ;)) (Strazic?)

There are frequent references as to which Captain will be associated with a particular vessel. To clarify for some of our cruisers who may not understand the staffing methodology, there are always two Captains assigned to every vessel excepting trials and inaugurals. If you read Wolfcat's thread, she does an excellent job of identifying the team associated with each vessel. The reason you hear that a single individual is identified with a given vessel is that one of the Captains is a primary and the other is his relief, rotating 10 weeks each (up to 14) all year long. The relief Captain has exactly the same status as the primary aboard the vessel, and may in fact be senior in terms of time with RCI and time in grade.

The CD is a senior officer. The examples I gave were to explain a point. I was not providing the actual contract periods for anyone.

 

As to the captains and other senior officers, they are involved in training (simulator) and thus work more than six months during the year. Also, the first captain of the Freedom of the Seas is an officer (vice president) of Royal Caribbean and thus works a lot more than six months out of the year.

 

Don't take an example to illustrate a point and assume it is part of the actual work schedule.

I was referring to shipboard time when making the six month duty comment. You are correct in stating the first Captain was the VP of Marine Ops , Bill Wright. I am referring to the current team of Erik Tengelsen/Manolis Kasselas, who are doing the ten week rotation. Erik is a personal friend, and is currently on holiday at home in England. The simulator training you refer to at Dania Fl. usually occurs when moving from one ship class to another, but rarely at other times. This year there is attendance required at the annual meeting for Captains and Chief Engineers in Atlanta, but that is only an annual event. I can tell you from persoanal experience that Erik spends his full 10 weeks at home or vacationing in Norway or other venues, and does indeed work a six month schedule.

180 degrees. Actually I was hoping you would say that you meant the CD. Then I could respond that the CD starts rotating as soon as you close the door in the machine.

 

To answer your question, it seems many of the employees have different contract lengths. What does seem to be constant is, the longer the contract period, the longer the time off. For example, someone might get one month off after a three month contract and two months off after a six month contract.

 

So, I don't think there is a standard answer to the question of, when do they rotate.

Your observations do not apply to senior officers including the Captains, who relieve one another at periods of 10 to 14 weeks, which works out to 6 months work during the year.