, donbuddyrien, don trehan. >> would you agree with me that those people might be considered executives of bp and transocean? >> let me run an objection. >> objection. >> the witness answered "i suppose pep." >> we thought we heard an objection. hold on. [laughter] >> i could tell it was ned. [laughter] >> let me have your objection. >> my objection is that this witness is being asked to render an opinion about whether certain people with in a different organization might be viewed in a certain way by certain people it is well beyond this with this is ability to make that judgment. i would think that on his own he will answer that he cannot make this judgment. i want the record to make addition not be made. >> he is awkward to answer that. he is only saying he thought it was a good rig and crew. he will not say what someone else might have thought of them. >> at this point, he is asking about certain people a whether they could be considered executives for the upper management. that is the question i am objecting to. >> o >> i agree. i can -- >> i just want to ask another question then

, donbuddyrien, don trehan. >> would you agree with me that those people might be considered executives of bp and transocean? >> let me run an objection. >> objection. >> the witness answered "i suppose pep." >> we thought we heard an objection. hold on. [laughter] >> i could tell it was ned. [laughter] >> let me have your objection. >> my objection is that this witness is being asked to render an opinion about whether certain people with in a different organization might be viewed in a certain way by certain people it is well beyond this with this is ability to make that judgment. i would think that on his own he will answer that he cannot make this judgment. i want the record to make addition not be made. >> he is awkward to answer that. he is only saying he thought it was a good rig and crew. he will not say what someone else might have thought of them. >> at this point, he is asking about certain people and whether they could be considered executives for the upper management. that is the question i am objecting to. >> ok. >> i agree. i can -- >> i just want to ask another question t