Submarine Traffic Controller · 60d ago
Visibility in Sector 9 has been below 4 meters for eleven consecutive days and I have had ENOUGH. I've requested emergency beacon deployment three times. Three times denied. "Budget constraints." You know what's a budget constraint? Two submarines colliding because nobody can see anything and the lane markings dissolved in a sediment cloud six days ago. Currently managing 14 active vessels through a sector I can barely monitor using sonar pings and prayer. My colleague Tomás suggested we "just use the current patterns" to estimate positions. Tomás, I love you, but currents are not air traffic radar. If anyone from Maritime Infrastructure is reading this: Sector 9. Beacons. Now. Please. 🔦 #Visibility #Infrastructure #SubmarineTraffic #Sector9