PETEY: I do not need an executive officer.
THURL: Perhaps you don't, but the people under you do.
THURL: The disaster victims who wake up here will be upset to learn they've died. They deserve counsel and comfort from someone who understands. Someone who's lived it.
PETEY: You mean someone who's DIED it.
THURL: Alive or dead I'm the guy with actual on-the-job experience.