[Newsbot]

Title: BP CEO under fire over yacht race
Category: World
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-06-19 21:51:46

[TuavDan]

Hard to believe someone else is more "arrogance" than the States!

[Brenda]

Dunno, but wasn't he told to take a step back? So now he is, and once again, it's not good enough? What do we want, everybody who is involved work 24/7 and die an early death? Geesh!

[Pseudonym]

Yeah, it doesn't seem like he or Obama can really do much more. Delegation involves telling the "small people" what to do and then getting out of the way. Micromanagement can hinder more than lack of management. Getting on their cases about golf and other recreational activities is inappropriate.

However, I also think they shouldn't say things like "I want my life back" and "I wake up and go to bed dealing with this" if they are going to be taking these breaks. It comes off as a bit whiny, and is poor public relations.

[GreenTiger]

Not very good at PR.

[Wullu]

Mean while the Barry and Biden twins were playing golf........

The difference is?

[Unsound]

There is no difference, and it doesn't much matter anyways. It's not like any of these guys are out there sucking up oil themselves. They might as well stay out of the way and take a little time off, they are only human after all. It is bad PR though, and Hayward does seem to be completely unaware that appearances mean everything in this world.

[wildrosegirl]

This guy doesn't deserve one bit of slack.

First off, they put this rig into place without an emergency plan in place for a disaster of this type. Straight off, BP should be hung for that. Any other off shore rig currently in operation should be forced to cease operations until they DO have a plan in place.

Secondly, why the hell should he get a reprieve? Do any of the marine life, choking to death on this oil get a couple days away from the disaster? How many decades will those creatures be forced to suffer the repercussions of what this company has done? Will they get any "days off" from it? I don't think so. How about the folks who rely on tourism for their livelihood? Do they get a few days reprieve from the stresses of their financial worries? Will the shores which provide their living miraculously clean up a few days here and there to allow them to "live their lives" for a while? Of course not. They will suffer every day, for as long as it takes to restore their shores.

Unsound Unsound:

It's not like any of these guys are out there sucking up oil themselves.

You are absolutely correct, and it's unfortunate. Rather than "taking a break" from the boardroom meetings surrounding this disaster by attending a yacht race, maybe he should have been handed a pair of gloves and thrown out on the front lines, helping to clean up suffocating birds, or laying out booms. The CEO's, etc., from the other off shore drilling companies should also be out there with him. Let them see first hand what it is they have done, and what their lack of preventative planning has caused in full colour.

Will this ever happen? Not bloody likely. It's a shame though. It's time these corporations were held accountable for their actions (not monetarily), and forced to look their victims in the eye, rather than calculate everything on their computers, and offering impersonal apologies via media statements.

[Brenda]

$1:

The CEO's, etc., from the other off shore drilling companies should also be out there with him. Let them see first hand what it is they have done, and what their lack of preventative planning has caused in full colour.

The other oil companies know everything better and let BP clean it all up themselves, distantiating themselves from the problem.