Pointless PR
Sounds nice, entirely pointless. The meatbags generally aren't on the ship for the easy tasks, they're there primarily to fix things when they inevitably break. And then if you have them aboard for that anyway, might as well keep them busy with sailing the vessel and general maintenance waiting for stuff to break. Because as anyone who's ever worked on floaty things will know, things WILL break.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
