I'd like to retract my statement as I misinterpreted your comment as characterizing them as malicious. I would not go on a commercial vessel as I do not consider the operators as very good at understanding risk.

I see your perspective. I should also have not made such a general statement. I certainly did not mean to imply malice, more negligence or concern for cost over safety.

Just to be clear, I was not talking about operators who are physically on the boats when I wrote about owners. There are three classes of people involved: owners, captains, and deckhands/engineers. Often the owners are never on the boat and are not subject to the same risks.

I know far too many people who are missing a finger or worse. It is a terrible industry in some ways.