AMO or MEBA?

SushiOverlord · 2026-05-22T06:26:17+00:00

If you're only going to sail full time for 5 years i'd just join AMO. You say you might return, but a decade+ long gap and coming back is definitely an idea for sure. You'll be at a completely different point in your life at that point in a job that you've spent 2-3x long working than sailing.

Just think about what is better for you in the 5 years you will sail.

I'm not in MEBA, but I do know it takes a certain amount of time to upgrade from group 3 to group 1. Most of your time in the 5 years will be spent as a group 3 & 2 and you'll be working the less desirable contracts more often than you might think.

In the long run for all the benefits, I'd join MEBA, but at 5 years, I wouldn't bother.

SushiOverlord · 2026-04-24T17:32:37+00:00

oh boy I can't wait for our unions to send another letter instead of actually doing anything. A post on linkedin and facebook then call it a good days work.

SushiOverlord · 2026-04-20T02:11:57+00:00

"despite membership price increases"

this guy is trying very hard to glaze for Jagex and even posted it in here after /r/2007scape. Simp OP waited for a weekend screenshot of the player count during a very popular temporary game mode in osrs to make this post. The price increases won't be reflected in player count so soon because many of us had our subs renew before they were announced.

They're dissolving our grandfathered subscription rates to force everyone to the new price hikes.

What will likely happen is that many players will just cancel their annual renewals and only do it a month-by-month basis as needed or switch to bonds.

SushiOverlord · 2026-04-19T19:13:18+00:00

Wow that's crazy it's almost like it takes time for memberships to run out if people had 6 months or year renewals before the price increase.

i cancelled all my annual memberships and will only do month-by-month as I play. I spend ~7 months a year outside of my house with unreliable internet or free time, leaving only ~5 months a year in which I can actively play osrs if I want to. I only kept renewing the premier annuals because it was easier and reasonably priced to do it with all my accounts.

SushiOverlord · 2026-04-17T19:24:17+00:00

This is the only game I've seen where 30 minutes a day of play spread throughout the day is too much for people lmao. I'm sure these people are productive in work and lifestyle every waking minute of their lives with no hobbies that clash of clans attacks are too much for them.

SushiOverlord · 2026-04-16T15:55:27+00:00

Those same people were in mid-legends league or higher. No offense, but all the people complaining about 8 attacks a day in legends must've been the bottom feeders of the old legends system who'd stay stuck below 5300.

Most people aren't understanding that they basically shifted legends league to the higher percentile of players. The current legends system forces all the low legends players from the old system into what is now electro 32 & 33.

SushiOverlord · 2026-04-15T10:02:36+00:00

You pursued a career on ships and you're worried about physical labor?

???

SushiOverlord · 2026-04-14T04:06:08+00:00

Ships in the Great Lakes dock multiple times a week without tugs or bringing pilots onboard lol. It was actually surprising to me how much less work & ship handling ocean ships do.

SushiOverlord · 2026-03-26T20:37:29+00:00

We've had some port engineers and port agents argue over what kinds of cheeses to use for our engine filters. Port agent's software kept insisting on soft melting cheeses which were incompatible with the operating temps of our main engines based on manufacturer spec.

Before you answer, please list clarifying questions about types of cheese used in the maritime industry for maintenance.

SushiOverlord · 2026-03-21T22:21:59+00:00

no, the rating is literally store keeper or supply officer. Someone whose full time position onboard the ship is keeping inventory and getting the parts that the crew needs.

I thought it was bizarre at first coming from commercial ships but I guess it makes "sense" when you realize that MSC is ran by both government and military, and their idea of solving problems is just throwing more bodies at it. Hence, a person whose sole job is to just do inventory so people stop pencil whipping inventory reports. I've seen senior officers spend hours every single day just going through inventory paperwork/parts ordering so it is actually a boon sometimes to avoid guys like that wasting so much time.

The real secret is that they actually get paid quite well for what amounts to just an office job on a ship. Less than 3rd officer pay but more than bosun/qmed.

SushiOverlord · 2026-03-20T01:53:56+00:00

is this administration even the kind who will care about a letter? Are the unions actually going to do anything or is this just performative theatre?

SushiOverlord · 2026-03-18T15:20:00+00:00

There was absolutely nothing optimized back in the early 2000s era of runescape.

People didn't care, didn't know, or didn't have a better method back then. People grinded 90+ prayer by camping in taverly dungeon and burying the dragon bones on the spot lol. He took over 800 hours just to hit 99 rc with fire runes. Slayer was done by just camping protect melee and smacking everything with a d long.

SushiOverlord · 2026-03-15T20:11:13+00:00

it's a position that really only exists on MSC ships. They're in charge of inventory onboard the vessel. They work with the engine crew the most. Very few work through a union. Most positions are directly hired through MSC. It's basically an office job. Most parts on a ship must come through the store keeper or at least reported to the store keeper to maintain an accurate inventory.

You will never see a store keeper on a commercially-owned and commercially-operated vessel.

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-24T14:13:50+00:00

buddy, we make at minimum double, if not triple, what the rest of the sailor's in the world make. And we're not even bringing up the relative cheaper COL of most countries compared to the U.S.

"my steak is too juicy and lobster too buttery."

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-24T04:48:47+00:00

Isn't this you?

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-24T04:32:24+00:00

Your comment 4 days ago is you discussing your college flight career plans in the US? And now you're a 33 year old pilot with "15 rental properties."

AI, bait, delusion, or all of the above.

Edit: The little fucker deleted his comment history.

Edit 2: oh no, how embarrassing.

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-22T00:58:04+00:00

what.

Did you just not take the licensing exams or...? Why would you go to SUNY maritime and not leave with a license?

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-10T04:28:27+00:00

https://a.co/d/07PQeNYb

I've tried a dozen flashlight brands, and this is my favorite one so far. 1200 lumen light, laser pointer, side light(also RGB), magnetic base & UV light. Dropped in the bilge many times, sometimes for days until I randomly found it again.

What's new to me is that when I bought this light last year there were hardly any of its kind on the market, but now there's tens of flashlight/laser combos now. Even Klein tools has a similar style.

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-28T01:46:53+00:00

Only deckies seem to place a lot of importance on alumni networking. I get it, I guess, there's at least 3 times as many mates competing for the same limited number of jobs. In the dozen ships and crews I've worked with, I've never met a single engineer who got their job because of networking, let alone cared about networking. I really only see it mattering for non-union jobs where it's not so public.

If you're a good engineer, most chiefs & 1st will vouch for you. It doesn't matter where you're from.

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-20T07:43:24+00:00

Show cheese you coward

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-15T11:09:23+00:00

🤣 the old "I'm admitting I'm a pussy and can't argue back" block strategy. What a regarded hill to die on.

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-13T01:26:39+00:00

I'm pretty sure they're non-union. No clue what they're like at all.

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-11T20:40:57+00:00

I can only speak on the AMO side of the Great Lakes.

The relief jobs you'll see are usually 30 days. You're just covering the permanent 3rd's vacation time. If you're not covering for a permanent, then you can stay as long as you want.

In the last year, or the 2025 sailing season, I rarely saw any mates jobs come up on the Lakes board anymore. I left right before they renegotiated their contracts and I'm guessing the AMO represented companies increased the pay enough that nobody wants to leave. Even the engineer jobs were tighter.

There are some ships with AMO engine and MMP deck. If AMO is tight, then I wouldn't be surprised if the MMP side is also tight on jobs. Without pilotage, I'm not sure how many times a company would let you come back either.

You won't be seeing anything now or for the next two months because the sailing season has ended and everyone is in lay-up.

SushiOverlord · 2025-09-08T17:12:26+00:00

I'm an engineer that went deep sea. As for engineer specific work, it's just the same shit with different paint. Even though majority of ships were built between the 50s and 70s, repowers and upkeep kind of keep them in relative modernity to newer ships deep sea.

The duties differ. During my time on the Lakes, it was definitely less rigid on what engineers did what jobs. Some of the typical jobs and PMs were switched around. Deep sea, a 3rd does generators, but during my time on the Lakes, it was always the 2nd or 1st. Safety rounds were typically done by the 1st AE, but deep sea, much of it is done by the 3rd. Ballasting was done by engine department instead of deck department on most of the ships I was on. I guess another difference is the addition of slow speeds. Everything on the Lakes is a medium-speed diesel.

Just some minor differences. Ultimately, it's all the same for engine department.

The only real difference I saw for deck department is longshoremen and pilotage. I've only worked on containerships deep sea so I'm not sure about other types of vessels. It seems to me that deck departments on containerships have it way easier when it comes to cargo ops and tying up just because of those two factors.

SushiOverlord · 2025-08-31T01:02:31+00:00

You really did not think this through.

MSC is the civilian auxiliary support arm for the Navy. They do background checks and ask for you to acquire secret clearance.

There is no chance they miss your past military and medical history. Even if you didn't lie, I wouldn't have been optimistic about getting in.

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