Keith Sansum1 wrote:... and we can all decide if we wish to travel on the unsafe ships in the future
Indeed we can! I suspect many will decide to travel on them; firstly because (as I think Mr Barrington pointed out) they'll rely on the vessels having passed MCA inspections and secondly because there's none so queer as folk.
You'll recall the Costa Concordia disaster - well, here's a picture of the parent company's share price:
Admittedly Costa got off to a poor start when they crassly offered discounts on future cruises to those affected, but once they stressed the 'rogue captain' angle, things were back on track within roughly a year and the incident now serves as a case study in (reputational) risk management.