Reply #1: i just saw another thread abt this mutual finger-pointing

[pitohui]

so it's going to be schlumberger fucked up their part of the job and their story is gonna be, well, nobody told us to do this test blah blah blah de blah???

i don't see how this guy thinks "but nobody said anything" is gonna cover his ass when he gets into court

sounds like it's gonna be a "he said, she said"

i don't think bp had them on standby just to twiddle their thumbs, and while standing by, might mr. harris have nagged someone from time to time that, "you know, guys, WHEN are we going to be doing this test?" "um, guys, you do realize you've had us here for days and we've never actually been assigned a time to perform the test????" "um, guys, we can't leave, we still haven't done the test we're supposed to be doing?"

or was he just happy to get paid big bucks for doing fuck all?

sorry, sounds like to me he had some responsibility here to speak up, instead of just heading out with his team and leaving guys behind to fucking DIE in an explosion -- he knew when he left that he hadn't done the test

criminal negligence from the sound of it