BP’s words to live by

“But, who cares, it’s done, end of story, will probably be fine.”
                 --Brett Cocales, BP drilling engineer

“Well, this is how it’s gonna be.”
                 --Donald Vidrine, BP official

Neither Cocales nor Vidrine made these remarks in public. Cocales’ statement was discovered in an in-house email he sent four days before the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and injured 17.  Vidrine hasn’t spoken at all, having avoided Congressional testimony three times because of “illness.”  He’s the supervisor who allegedly gave the order to ignore warning signs and continue with production of the Macondo Well. His words have been alleged by others who were on the rig with him just before the explosion. Cocales is already deflecting blame to Mark Hafle and Brian Morel, two engineers in the BP Houston office, as being the ones who gave the order to proceed with far fewer safety devices than were recommended.

Source: Los Angeles Times