Fit for Duty and back to sea
Hopefully :) one of the last updates to this thread.
He received his FFD on Tuesday, Feb 23. By the end of the day Wednesday his ATR had him assigned to a ship for boarding on Friday. He's at sea running the east coast.
Listen to the ATR and do what they say...
An update on the NFFD cadet
Good evening forum,
Just wanted to update the thread for archive sakes.
Cast came off Thursday. We asked the doctor to put an 'expected FFD' date on the paperwork, which they did as "expected return to duty is Feb 26". Contacted the ATR with the information...
Update on the NFFD and continuing the sea year
Wanted to update the thread. Hand went into a cast yesterday; stays on for 2 weeks. Then a brace for another 2-3 weeks, after which they expect a FFD.
So, he will lose from Jan 13 until appx. Feb 20 out of his first sea period. His ATR told him...
Follow-up after contacting the ATR
Thanks to those who responded.
He talked with his ATR, who told him to see the Orthopedic Surgeon (as instructed by the E/R doctor) which is scheduled for this coming Thursday.
He is emailing all the paperwork to the ATR.
He is (was) on his first...
Good Morning,
Our class of 2012 engine midshipman got his right hand broken this week while on his sea year assignment and was found not fit for duty. He had finished his first of two 50-day round trips, and was coastwise starting his second.
Fortunately this is most probably an unusual...