A crew member confides in you that they are worried about a colleague's drinking but does not want to "get them in trouble" by reporting it formally. How should you respond?

A. Dismiss the concern as none of your business and unrelated to your own role

B. Explain that raising a genuine safety concern is different from "getting someone in trouble" — a responsible report can actually be the first step towards the colleague getting help, as well as protecting the safety of the whole crew, and many companies have pathways that prioritise support over pure punishment for a first genuine concern raised this way

C. Tell them to keep the concern to themselves and do nothing, to respect their wish not to cause trouble

D. Report the colleague immediately yourself without any further conversation with the person who confided in you

A. Confront them aggressively in front of other crew members

B. Report your concern immediately to the officer in charge or master — do not attempt to assess "how drunk" they are yourself or decide whether it is serious enough to mention; this is exactly the kind of judgement call that should be escalated, not made informally by a peer

C. Quietly cover for them yourself without telling anyone in authority

D. Say nothing and hope they are fine to stand the watch as normal

A. Ignore the report entirely unless the individual visibly stumbles or shows obvious impairment

B. Make a personal judgement about whether they "seem fine" and allow the watch to proceed without any formal testing

C. Follow the ship's drug and alcohol testing procedure (commonly a breathalyser test, with results and chain of custody documented) rather than relying on a subjective assessment alone, and stand the individual down from safety-critical duty pending the result if there is genuine cause for concern

D. Immediately announce the suspicion to the entire crew before any testing has taken place