QUESTION OF THE DAY: LIFEBOAT How do you answer the lifeboat question? Who goes

QUESTION OF THE DAY: LIFEBOAT

How do you answer the lifeboat question? Who goes in the lifeboats first?

You’re the captain of an ocean liner or cruise ship. Its a Titanic scenario, meaning that the boat will go under before help arrives, and there are not enough seats in the lifeboats for everyone.

Besides a large crew there are passengers from every walk of life.

Your crew is asking what to do. What instructions do you give them?

Remember that they must be able to make those decisions with crowds of people trying to get into the boats.

And Yes I will delete irrelevant answers:

(a) “Me” or any variation thereof

(b) anything that the crew cannot reliably know

(c) anything vaguely humorous (after I’ve had a chance to laugh).