OceanGate listed job posting for ‘submersible pilot’ during doomed Titan rescue efforts

3 years ago by PeterPoopshit to c/worldnews

The company posted the ad in search of a “Submersible Pilot/Marine Technician” who would “help manage and operate our fleet of manned submersibles and support vessels.”

tldrbot 108 points 3 years ago

tl;dr:

OceanGate Expeditions listed a job posting for a submersible pilot on its web site while a frantic search and rescue mission was underway for five missing tourists in the doomed Titan bound for the Titanic wreckage site. Social media was abuzz on Friday after screenshots of the ad, which was posted before the Coast Guard announced on Thursday that all five people aboard the Titan had perished, were widely circulated. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush was among the five people who died in the Titan submersible. The passengers included 61-year-old OceanGate boss, Rush, as well as Titanic specialist Paul-Henri Nargeolet, UK billionaire explorer Hamish Harding and Pakistani billionaire and mogul Shanzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Sulaiman. Filed under missing titanic sub , social media , TikTok , twitter , 6/23/23.

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KindnessInfinity 2 points 3 years ago

Tankiebot I think it was on communities from lenmygrad

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binwiederhier 8 points 3 years ago

You just made it a thing. Congratulations, you started a trend.

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sneakyninjapants 13 points 3 years ago

Oh god, I feel like I'm going to get blamed for this down the line

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binwiederhier 13 points 3 years ago

I'll be sure to remind everyone that it was you who started the trend.

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fossilesque 4 points 3 years ago

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upsydaisyum -6 points 3 years ago

How was it good? You didn't, or at least it's purpose was that you would not, read the article, which would mean they get no ad money to encourage them to keep giving you free news, and the synopsis was about as long as the original.

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Silviecat44 5 points 3 years ago

I didnt have to click a link. Good bot

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klieg2323 51 points 3 years ago

How very optimistic of them thinking they'll still have a functioning company after all this

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Very_Bad_Janet 49 points 3 years ago

OMG so that's why the CEO was piloting it? They couldn't find a sucker, er, pilot?

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v13 18 points 3 years ago

Ohhhhhh! I didn't think about that!

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Jo 39 points 3 years ago

C'mon, this is the NYPost. Their own link to the wayback machine shows the ad's been up since 2020.

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ammorok 1 point 3 years ago

Thanks for saving us a click!

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caffinz 39 points 3 years ago

Do we have NotTheOnion yet? This is perfect lol

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LadyAutumn 31 points 3 years ago

Lmao getting ahead of the game

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LilBiFurious 29 points 3 years ago

Here at OceanGate, we're more like a family than a company.

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mershed_perderders 16 points 3 years ago

They need people who work well under pressure

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suspicious_dog 3 points 3 years ago

I’m glad we don’t have awards here, but this is amazing 👏

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ivanafterall 6 points 3 years ago

Now let's get out there and crush it! Er...

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CharlesReed 28 points 3 years ago

Peak corporate moment. Everyone is disposable.

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I_Miss_Daniel 18 points 3 years ago

OceanGateGate?

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quaddo 2 points 3 years ago

I pointed out the whole 'Gate' coincidence to my wife just last night.

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Hamon_Rye 16 points 3 years ago

Somehow the posting was uploaded to the website using a $30 Logitech controller...

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wumpus 15 points 3 years ago

Experience with bankruptcy law preferred

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ChickenLadyLovesLife 1 point 3 years ago

"Must work well under pressure."

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ChickenLadyLovesLife 1 point 3 years ago

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jay91 14 points 3 years ago

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ivanafterall 4 points 3 years ago

Submersible Repairman?

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CubicPants 13 points 3 years ago

When was the ad first published to the site? If it was there before the incident, this is a non-story.

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SweetSitty 5 points 3 years ago

Doubting the prestigious New York Post?? Blasphemy.

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mercurly 5 points 3 years ago

Almost certainly.

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4815162342 4 points 3 years ago

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modkhi 10 points 3 years ago

this is pretty sad/hilarious. what did they think, the increased media attention would get someone to decide to apply to pilot their dangerous sub?

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Sir_Simon_Spamalot 9 points 3 years ago

you gotta be kidding me

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thegreekgeek 7 points 3 years ago

WOW. Okay then lol

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oxideSeven 6 points 3 years ago

OceanGate Gate

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sanguinepar 1 point 3 years ago

Relevant Mitchell & Webb

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Bobo_Palermo 5 points 3 years ago

Can't stop laughing.

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Lubricate7931 4 points 3 years ago

Unbelievable ha. Wonder how many applied?

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