that is why we went to remote pump station number nine. a few years ago it was manned, workers were here to ensure it worked properly. but company cost cutters replaced them with new monitors and cameras. in late may, it stopped when both the power and emergency power failed. 5,000 barrels of oil overflowed into a spillway. the company has yet to say what exactly went wrong. mike joyner is the vice president of operations for the alaska pipeline. is that a good idea to have remotely operated pump stations? that s the industry standard. most of the standards i have to stop you, because we heard industry standards before. we heard about blowout protecters in the gulf that were industry standards. i guess what i want to ask you is that the safest route to go, or is that the most economically viable route to go? we believe it s the safest route to go, because a mass majority of incidents occurred due to human error.
lives he s ruined are still waiting to be paid. ken feinberg, the man in charge of handing out bp s money admitted bp is stalling on paying claims and has not deposited any money into that account. tony hayward walks away free. these people have names and faces and families, they ve done nothing to deserve not being paid. take charter boat captain stu scheerer, he s had to cancel about $162,000 of work due to the spill. he s only been paid 40% of what his net profit would have been for the year up until now. or tackle shop owner buggy vegas, he s been paid for april and may, but not june or july. he has no idea why the money dried up and gotten no answers from bp. eileen faxing documents to bp, she submitted them five times, showing earnings of $600,000 last year for her charter boat company. she s gotten just $35,000 from bp. today after coming back from yet another visit to the claims center, eileen told us the people there asked for the exact same documentation yet again.