re: Crescent Pilot's helping the Coast Guard

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Absolutely. Most of those pilots' most important qualification to make the cut was that they were the lucky sperm and they manage to do it just fine. The training and knowledge of the river is secondary to being the golden sperm.

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Seems pretty odd that you still have need 4 years of school, hundreds of hours ship board to qualify to take the required coastguard exams, and a apprenticeship to get this secondary knowledge and training which is of so little importance.