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Pilot Trainee Application
San Francisco Bar Pilot Trainee Program Applications now being accepted for the next exam scheduled on June 28, 2010. Applications must be received by April 30, 2010 for consideration. Please see the "Pilot Trainee Application" tab for further information.
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Next Meeting:
January 28, 2010, 9:30 A.M.
BOPC Office
San Francisco, CA
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Notices 
USCG Cosco Busan Report
Board of Pilot Commissioners Statement on the NTSB Report
Synopsis of NTSB Report on Cosco Busan
COSCO BUSAN Incident Review Committee Report
The Board of Pilot Commissioners today received a report of the investigation by its Incident Review
Committee ("IRC") of the accident on November 7, 2007 in which the M/V COSCO BUSAN, under
the navigational control of Captain John Cota, a Board-licensed pilot, struck one of the towers of the
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, damaging the ship and releasing over 50,000 gallons of fuel oil
into the waters of San Francisco Bay.
As a result of its investigation, the IRC concluded that pilot negligence was a factor in the accident.
About Us
The Board of Pilot Commissioners was established in 1850 to provide
State oversight for the San Francisco Bar Pilots.
The Board continues this function
to the present day.
The Board's responsibilities include training, licensing, incident investigation
and rate determination.
The Board of Pilot Commissioners is a department of the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.
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