The only reliable way to find out whether Pullman can take the pressure is to give him the chance. Pullman does have a problem. He likes to drink on the job and his company now has a policy against that. Crane has a problem too. He works for the same company.
Crane is an engineer.
He must, I think, first make up his mind whether he thinks Pullman can handle the job. He must make up his mind about that because Hillman has asked him what he thinks about that, not whether Pullman has a drinking problem. He has referred to the drinking policy and old Curtis' drunkenness to illustrate the sort of thing he had in mind. If Crane believes that it might unfit Pullman for the job, he should say something. Pullman has no right to confidentiality on this.