Former OceanGate Operations Director recalls how EMBARRASSING the CEO led to him being let go

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[@old_seadog]

He didn't embarrass the CEO, the CEO did that himself. What he did was protect the passengers & craft. Rush was an utter clown.

[@rickybobby7276]

It was risky. You don’t want to take risks stay in bed. Don’t go exploring the wreck of the titanic!

[@louisavondart9178]

The tone of any company comes from the CEO. Oceangate was a circus because Stockton was a clown.

[@ArthurX-eg8bc]

The e gineer quit In Two-thousand nineteen, anno domini, before the Titan made thirteen successful trips with its hull replaced once. The Titan met with either Catastrophe, accident, or Sabotage, which is the topic of discussion.

[@geofrancis2001]

@@ArthurX-eg8bc the whole point was the carbom got weaker with every dive, it was only a matter of time.

[@Theottbear]

@@ArthurX-eg8bcyou missed the point

[@lc3853]

I'm a Canadian engineer. This incident fully explains why I stopped working with Americans twenty years ago.

[@Nickelodeon81]

Surely you jest?

[@michael-lynn]

The man was a time bomb. Who expects a good outcome in life with that anount of vain pride and selfish ambition dictating them? Literally throwing the controller at David's head inside a submersible at the ocean floor because he was butthurt and knew he didn't have the expertise or professionalism that David had. The controller that operates the submersible mind you.

[@SendMeToTheVoid]

Can you imagine being trapped in the depths of the ocean with someone as incompetent and arrogant as Stockton? This testimony really puts the whole thing into focus imo

[@Farcehole]

Reality check: the country is run by a thousand Stockton Rush’s.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@@Farceholeand compared to them rush is a lightweight.

[@J.A.Z-TheMortal]

Not only that but plenty of stories of several people in the know stating that the man was insanely greedy. Obsessed with avoiding regulations and cutting all possible corners to maximize profits. Like I said before: $20 PlayStation controller, yet charging a quarter of a million dollars per person.

[@automatedrussianbot8043]

manbaby that never had to be humble'd in his life

[@dustinainsley8792]

Just looking at Stockton I could see the arrogance in his eyes.

[@jamesl5149]

Claptrap

[@dustinainsley8792]

@@jamesl5149 truth.

[@anjou6497]

He certainly had shifty eyes. Not to be trusted...

[@LindsayDaly]

oh my god throwing the controller at this guy's head, Stockton was having a temper tantrum like a child not wanting to share a toy. humiliating

[@anjou6497]

The account by this fellow is absolutely horrifying. Stockton was a maniac.

[@David-yd9se]

um yes, that is what he is describing, Hypomania at the minimum. Sounds like Rush was Bipolar. The range of emotions, Euphoria to sudden fatalism due to being stuck, in that short amount of time is scary. He should have been stopped after that.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

It must have been terrifying. It's one thing to be cavalier with your own life but to put other people in danger with you is unconscionable.

[@noureldinkhalil4458]

and take their money

[@edub9930]

Downright criminal

[@NexxuSix]

The more I hear about Stockton, the more I think this man was criminally insane.

[@0xDEAFF00D]

Nope. He's just a typical moneyed man who overestimated his abilities, and assumed his feelings and assumptions did not need adjustment.

[@grass7864]

Imagine being a client on this Andrea Doria dive. I'm genuinely surprised Rush didn't end up with a broken jaw before Lochridge stabilized the situation.

[@nickv4073]

The "client" testified today that this Andrea Doria story never happened.

[@joshyaks]

He didn't embarrass the CEO. The CEO embarrassed himself.

[@nightw4tchman]

Jesus... did this guy not think "hmm some people have died on this wreck I wonder if I can just gun ho dive on it without thinking?"

[@peteconradjr.8605]

>gun ho

[@user-cb8xp3kn5v]

Stockton was a sad weak person and on top of it he was a liar.

[@iansmith3301]

Stockton Mush*

[@berkeleyfuller-lewis3442]

AH, but he was an entitled, meritless "Libertarian"/ Republican liar.

[@parkependleton6453]

OceanGate CEO turned into toothpaste in his group Sarco pod.

[@johns5558]

Sad

[@CollinZaffke]

This story is a nightmare. Rush was a psychopath!

[@nickv4073]

Well, the woman client who was on this dive testified today that this story never happened.

[@CollinZaffke]

@@nickv4073 bullshit. She's just trying to cover ass like everyone else.

[@wuteva34]

“Mission specialists“! I still can’t stop laughing every time I hear that term ! One of many Cheap legal tactics to get around regulations

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

Tragedy was not a question of if but when with Stockton running things. He was a snake oil salesman who believed in his own con but unfortunately he took four others down with him. You can feel David's anger and outrage at the whole thing.

[@3beltwesty]

Engineering management can be like this too. The puesdo engineering folks are better at bs ing. So get into management. Ie they cheated in school and have no road feel on issues. Also they can have major holes in their knowledge.

[@Mineirovsky]

what a mess! it's kind of easy to say now, but I would have given up long before the CEO went diving into the wreckage of the Titanic

[@williamw422]

It's horrible to hear what an unreasonable child he was and it eventually led to the deaths if these people. When someone behaves like that, they should NOT be trusted with power.

[@Nathan93Baker]

Stockton only has himself to blame. Unfortunately, he took innocent souls with him.

[@danh6720]

Rush rage quit and threw the controller

[@LSDale]

This guy is like a complete professional gigachad and Stockton should have been grateful that he was there.

[@evostu]

Stockton was nothing but a narcissist. Awful human being.

[@coderider3022]

I have a boss like this. Nightmare! Thank good my life isn’t in his hands.

[@user-cb8xp3kn5v]

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes realness. Hubris and arrogance. It is weird he was allowed to do any of this. Robust government over-site exists for a reason

[@J.A.Z-TheMortal]

It's literally uncharted waters. He was outside US jurisdiction for a reason. To cut as many corners as possible. No regulations. Maximum profit for minimal efforts.

[@matthewmillar3804]

Narcissism is an ugly thing.

[@natowaveenjoyer9862]

​@@J.A.Z-TheMortalAs it should be, regulations and their enforcers are the enemy.

[@fixento]

Stockton had a B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering worked on the F-15 program in aerospace, with absolutely no experience and qualification for deep dive submersibles. His company did produce some successful shallow dive vehicles. However, it was reported that he was informed by engineers who design deep dive submersibles that carbon fiber was inadequate material as it weakens with repeat compression. It appears from watching his interviews, and this incident his narcissism, omniscient and arrogance eventually killed him, and tragically he took four people with him.

[@J.A.Z-TheMortal]

You forgot greed. Many testimonials of him being incredibly greedy. Cutting corners to maximize profits.

[@eternityhalo]

This isn't that widely known, but Rush copied the design for his submersible from a US Navy experimental project. They actually did build a carbon fiber submersible with the same sort of glued on end pieces and made a pretty large number of dives deeper than the Titanic. But it wasn't manned, and the Navy abandoned the project concluding that carbon fiber was simply not a good material for such uses. I think Rush figured that he could make it work and only looked at the advantages while ignoring the obvious concerns. It's a bit unfair when people claim he just came up with the idea out of thin air. The Navy had proved it could be done. But his personal behavior was just unacceptable in such a high risk environment. I don't know if it was ego, emotional immaturity, or stress, but he had no business in the pilot's seat. His entire decision-making process was deeply flawed it seems.

[@kevinnugent6530]

He sounds like an absolute child

[@StephenNatoli-l6j]

Yes Stockton rush does seem like a child, sadly he killed 3 innocent people with his delusions

[@brycejacquot8798]

That’s insane

[@user9b2]

If people called in the authorities on stockton, the poor victims could alive today.

[@StephenNatoli-l6j]

There was nothing they could do as they were operating in international waters inbred

[@jesse1381]

“I mean, if you just want to be safe, don’t get out of bed. Don’t get in your car. Don’t do anything. At some point, you’re going to take some risk, and it really is a risk-reward question. I think I can do this just as safely by breaking the rules" - Stockton Rush

[@CrispyTurtl3]

God. Amazing. what words to live by. Oh. Right.

[@cremebrulee4759]

What an arrogant SOB he was.

[@xtbum3339]

How did that work out for the arrogant SOB?

[@Obiter3]

Oh my god he was a madman

[@SuperDrumwolf]

closed captioning is comic gold. lol

[@ponylovermadden4560]

damn i should have used that option. Love his accent but he was kind of hard to understand. what a story!

[@KrisKk08]

Americans are so weird about Non- American accents…especially those that never traveled anywhere…he’s speaking English, Rusty. Smh.

[@damilkk]

is he really that hard to understand for non-scots? he has a really soft Scottish accent compared to most of us

[@rubyredmile9163]

​@@damilkkno he spoke perfectly clearly, people must *love* to complain about accents they're not familiar with instead of broadening their horizons by engaging in other cultures

[@yobgow]

@@damilkk No its not, its because they're American....

[@North_West1]

Wow. When he said embarrassed, I thought he meant in press. This was almost catastrophic that time.

[@edub9930]

They're lucky they escaped w their lives that time. 2nd time not so lucky

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Little boy Rush couldn't handle a simple critique. A true example of American exceptionalism.

[@XMeK]

Like the Captain of the Titanic? Oh... he was British.

[@davidg3944]

Hardly an "American" issue. We see similar levels of pathology around the world, in terrorist groups, kleptocratic county leadership (cough, RU), and in all sorts of business environments.

[@2nd_of_3]

How Absolutely TERRIFYING.

[@writerconsidered]

Lets not regulate this. I'm a big fan of the imploding billionaire club.

[@leahhuntz6236]

Wow.....just wow. I knew it was bad but this! 😢

[@Catinthedesert]

OMG this testimony is riveting and horrifying. This dude has a book and movie rights coming.

[@cinnamon2263]

This oceangate is a movie in the making

[@davidg3944]

The only good thing to come from this fiasco is that Stockton was one of the passengers. What an object lesson, but unfortunately the people who should learn from this are the ones unable to do so.

[@emm8357]

I didn’t realize this was a legit news outlet at first, from the title.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Sounds like Trump. I Alone Can Fix It.

[@StephenNatoli-l6j]

Rush was very similar to Trump, just less racist and illiterate

[@Hagmire2]

Trump derangement syndrome, rent free

[@christianlederer5668]

I guess we should count ourselves lucky Stockton didn't get more people killed, I new he was irresponsible and incompetent, I had no idea he was a complete wreck (no pun intended) under pressure (also no pun intended) as well

[@geofrancis2001]

Stockton wanted to "go fast and break stuff" to innovate like SpaceX but he was doing it with paying passangers and no certificatoins, Space X never put paying passangers on test flights and everything is certified to nasa specifications. being cheap isnt innovative without techincal advancement.

[@heartbreakkid8708]

After hearing this, now I really believe Stockton had something to do with the Titanic’s rail now on the ocean floor

[@spooksyschannel3038]

Did he hit the ship with it?

[@SomeDumUsrName]

Wow! Just WOW!! Unbelievable! All ego and no sense!

[@johnwhitaker1]

Well, at least his arrogance can't kill anymore

[@captaintoyota3171]

IF he wanted to push science and tech he woulda dove titan 1 or 2 times then disassembled it and ultrasounded entite hull to see effects. NO he wanted $$$ period. Greed not "science" is why this guy ignored all engineers and known material science

[@mondoenterprises6710]

The fault lies not in our stars dear Brutus, but in ourselves.

[@johnnysunday402]

"Rush" a Parody of "Hush". Na na na na na na Na na na na na na I got a certain little plan I'm out of my mind No doubt about it she looks so fine She's the best sub that I ever had Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Rush, Rush I ain't gonna play no regulation game now Rush, Rush Titaniums to much, carbon fibers all same now Rush, Rush Thought I heard an under water bang, now Rush, Rush I need their money and I'm not to blame now Dive down early in the morning They ain't back by late in the evening Well, I guess we gotta report it! Oh, no, we really gotta report it. Built her with what we had on hand Now she sits on the bottom in sand. I'm so safe and I'm in so deep Hear that fiber start to crackle and creak. Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Listen Rush, Rush Thought I heard implosions down there, now. Rush, Rush She will shattered like glass and I built her all the same now. Rush, Rush

[@michelalphonso6945]

So in my opinion based on this, the last supposed message of "all good here" cannot be trusted, because he may have had the same attitude as explained here, meaning the Titan could have been in trouble but the "CEO" would not acknowledge it. Just my opinion.

[@bonkisay1331]

Fascinating that this ist the first time i see him on camera speak. Not one Interview with him after the accident. What were the media vultures doing?

[@QwazyWabbit]

To be fair, the people who had direct knowledge about Oceangate weren’t accepting interviews and were also sequestered away from media at the advice of their lawyers. They knew there would be an inquiry.

[@madreep]

This guy was fired after bringing up safety concerns. He wasn't working for oceangate when it imploded. And Oceangate sued him for going to OSHA

[@cremebrulee4759]

Nobody who knew any of this kind of information was talking to the press immediately after the incident. There are all kinds of liability issues. He wasn't going to risk saying something that he shouldn't say.

[@DashDriver-z1r]

Yanks don’t tend to like brits who make their people look stupid and reckless

[@SithVicious]

Clattered it. The new John Smeaton.

[@EllieA-sf3ne]

when he said "please himself" I was thinking he meant something else

[@carmadme]

I simply can't believe what I'm hearing absolutely astonishing

[@generalirons9789]

Stockton, a child in a grown man’s body in a constant state of midlife crisis. No amount of regulation would have stopped Rush from ending up on the bottom of the ocean, he would’ve bribed and dodged every person that would’ve stopped him.

[@user-jt5vm3mi1w]

This guy actually turned up and wore a suit, unlike mr zoom

[@nickv4073]

So, the woman who was on the Andrea Doria dive testified today that none of what Lockridge said was true. "I don't know what dive he's talking about". Seems Lockridge made up this story. Interesting.

[@MissChristine-wo6vp]

Arrogance and ego killed those people on the Titan.

[@edub9930]

Just goes to show you money cant buy you common sense. Stockton the guy that got everyone killed ignored all the warnings in pursuit of narcissistic glory & greed.

[@daveroche6522]

A little mantra of mine - "It if flies, it can crash; if it floats, it can sink; if it's electrical, it'll try to kill you (nothing personal)". Just sayin'.

[@natebartels1444]

CEO “could do things to please himself”

[@PeterLorimer-ji5ut]

He was the boss ... another narcissistic bully CEO.

[@Bigrignohio]

Calls them "paying clients" then immediately "mission specialists". Sorry, no. It was a poorly designed TOUR BUS.

[@TomCook1993]

So they’ve actually damaged the historic wreck of the Titanic. What a shame…

[@jameswhite153]

no this incident refers to the andrea doria. a completely different ship somewhere off new york.

[@andrewdewit4711]

Soupstockton was always on the menu…

[@gvjackson81]

Dear God he's describing my boss!

[@rickybobby7276]

It was risky. People don’t fail enough. This is a true explorer god bless his spirit. This is why the world has gone to shit and there are no explorers anymore. Everyone is afraid of the bureaucracy keeping people in artificial prisons.

[@clivewismayer2404]

Incredible.

[@ryanrohauer5940]

im convinced rush wanted to die in that sub

[@Tay20]

The dude had a death wish. What a clown.

[@ydyoungdew]

I think Stockton had a death wish but wanted to bring people him.. how can you be delusion. You know it has problem and he still wanted to dive.

[@bushgreen260]

*The CEO was a nut case. He was on a guaranteed suicide mission. He didn't care if he and the crew dies, because he said at that depth you will be crushed in 2 nanoseconds, before you feel anything. What he doesn't know is that time slows down when you are dying. So they would have felt everything.*

[@smokesletsgo2374]

They were human Spaghetti sauce before the spinal column could send a signal to the brain. They felt absolutely nothing

[@cremebrulee4759]

​@@anjou6497the current information being provided is that they did not drop extra ballast. The ballast they dropped was normal for slowing down and had nothing to do with them wanting to try to come to the surface.

[@lonelylantern9135]

I think they would've heard more of the snapping and creaks (that had been heard on previous dives) as the carbon failure began to fail, but then once it was overwhelmed, it happened too fast to know or feel.

[@ianmcdonald782]

I don't think you have any clue how "pain" actually works on a biological level. It physically takes time for the initial nerve receptor to send the signal through the correct pathways to the brain. You don't actually feel the pain until your brain has processed the signal. This process is not instant and there are biological limitations on how fast the signal can travel through those pathways. Even if you perceived time as being slowed because you were dying, that doesn't mean time around you is "sped up". The signals of pain being sent to the brain would still be travelling the same speed and never reach the brain to be processed before they died.

[@FullFrontalExposure]

Where is Stockton now?

[@StephenNatoli-l6j]

However the company still exists

[@Argumemnon]

Should you not name this "Operations Director" in the title? Sounds like basic stuff. David Lochridge's the name.

[@BlackandBlessed100]

These words PlayStation and Glue 😳😳 Are Frightening From a submersible 😳

[@bowlampar]

An egoistic unconscientious CEO see the Ocean as having the same dynamic as Outer Space led to a preventable tragedy is not unusually surprising at all.

[@john-y7z]

this guy gives compelling evidence, seems like someone you want around, under there?

[@NotaRobot_gif]

What an EMBARRASSING bad headline. LOL

[@thomaswatvedt5812]

stockton behaved like a petulant child wow

[@Medievalguy88]

It's a bit sad that he (and his victims) died so instantly that there was no time for him to comprehend that this was the consequences of his actions.

[@mementomori4972]

Stuckton Rush

[@freecommercial]

Title?

[@QwazyWabbit]

Operations Director.

[@andrewtorr-pianoman8342]

I despise Stockton rush ..my hatred for everything he was is very real and will try my best to make sure if I ever hear his name I will make sure people understand he was a disgrace .... He murdered 2 innocent people however he is not at fault for the other 2 deaths as they were simply suicides because they knew better but went anyway 3 stupid people and 2 victims

[@cremebrulee4759]

What a terrible thing to say.

[@davidg3944]

@@cremebrulee4759 Unkind, but not inaccurate.

[@mich8292]

Calm down

[@davidg3944]

@@mich8292 Why should he? Do you welcome ignorant mendacity mixed with depraved indifference into your life?

[@tomascarlsson1856]

No new nooothing

[@davidpeters3857]

Omfg

[@holographic_red]

Bit of a rant here "see the rack" ABC news nr 4, so I take it that you don't have the time or manpower to do some proper subtitles on something like this? Googles autogenerated subs are notoriously bad. So a news business cant' do their job and deliver the news? Can't even bother to communicate or accommodate properly to people who might have bad hearing or a hard time with accents. Btw I personally hear fine, but this is just not a good look for you, I and many people have family members don't hear that well and tries to piece together everything.. It would take so little time to clean up and do it proper, I'm betting you have tons of people wanting to work with you, grab a techie, give them a coffee and thank them for the work. Lazy and all about the views, sad.

[@peteconradjr.8605]

>had a year to figure out what to say about the guy >slanderfest

[@davidg3944]

If it's true it's not slander. And there's plenty of evidence and corroborating testimony to back Mr. Lochridge up. Frankly, there's a lot worse that could be said about Stockton.

[@lindamcmillan7618]

The more i hear all this evidence i realise he was a total maniac

[@Clint52279]

6:54 My god... he had no business being in that business let alone the sub.

[@BlackandBlessed100]

These words PlayStation and Glue 😳😳 Are Frightening From a submersible 😳