BP CEO Tony Hayward criticised for yacht trip

[Jeffersons Ghost]

BP CEO Tony Hayward criticized for yacht trip

BP CEO Tony Hayward has faced fresh criticism for taking time off to go sailing with his son instead of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The White House said the move was one of a "long line of PR gaffes and mistakes" by Mr Hayward.

Environmental groups said the Isle of Wight outing was "insulting" to those affected by the environmental disaster. BP defended Mr Hayward, saying it was his first day off since the spill began after a deadly rig blast on 20 April.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10359120.stm

[dipsydoodle]

1. And Obama played golf...............

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[aquart]

2. Golf isn't affected by the spill. Boating is.

Sorry, but the level of insensitivity is nowhere close. To destroy boating and fishing for the Gulf Coast, which is the LIVING of thousands, and to relax at a yacht race? Sensitivity of a dead gnat.

[lunatica]

3. So?

I take entire weekends off from work. He can't take an hour or two?

[Cruzan]

4. He can take an hour or two.

He can even take a day. But if he had any sense he'd spend that time under his bed or otherwise laying low instead of cruising on a yacht of all things.