The intention is for them to stay up at all times, but it takes a structural change—a tighter belt through its loops—for the intention to be realized. All along, the intention is for the road to leave the people that pass through it alive and unharmed, but it takes a structural change for the intention to be realized. The pattern is the same: legal or visa-related circumstances prevent the crew from leaving the ship, the ship can't be moved, and the people really responsible for the problems are somewhere far away, unconcerned or unhurried.