I wrote this report after our 02/15/05 Diamond cruise, but will comment again.
We had dinner with Captain Neil Bromfield (think that's right), and he was explaining the changes on the Diamond but commented about other ships.
Almost ALL cruise ship as well as commercial companies have contracts with the "V" Corporation to furnish the Captains, Staff Captains, and anyone else involved with the actual opereration of the ship. he said it is somewhere around 90% of ships out there currently under sail. The hotel,food, entertainment, gift shop, photo, are all seperate and contracted out. You normally have 5 to 6 different companies working together so the passengers don't know the difference.
I assume the PG Captain and all other personal would fall under this guide line.

Remember you never touch your glasses together during a toast aboard a ship. You just slightly tip it towards each other.
Almost all ships are insured through Lloyds of London and if a ship is lost at sea they ring a bell. The clanking of a glass is bad or negative superstition.