Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-5959298-20171215193957/@comment-5959298-20180319121559

No, it is easy to assume so, but this is not 1997 Movie or the real sinking. He wasn't doing it to minimalize a danger. Despite he justifies his action (with a strčit voice to Steward Hart - his fellow Third Class steward) by "We've got our orders!", he clearly don't like the Steerage. He act arrogant towards passengers, pushes Jim Maloney back just because the latter demands to let his family through. Now the reason:

Later we learn (this applies only in 2012 Miniseries), when Sixth Officer Moody arrives why they are held below decks and it is not to minimalize danger.

When stokers (including Mario Sandrini) rush pass above, Mario sees the passengers being held down and when he asks "What's the point of keeping them down here", Moody respond that "It's company policy" (no such policy existed in the real life).

That means that the Third Class passengers are not allowed to save themselves until all First and Second Class people are gone in a lifeboats (which there is not enough).