re: Industry cries foul as river pilots use their clout

I normally have nerves of steel, but when that fricker started spinning away from the boat, and the boat kept going the wrong way, I was sweating it a little bit

Is it normal that only one line is tied to the barge (if tug is on the side)? Since then, I thought that was dumb as shite, but maybe pilots use it to pivot the barges through tight spots.


Eta: The guy was a budget pilot that had been fired from his company.

Our conversation before his dump was literally, "I gotta shite. You know how to drive this?". I told him I guess I could figure it out, but I have no idea right now. Then, he said, "This is the rudder. This is the throttle. Don't wreck it". Told me nothing about the boat having two rudders