Schettino’s lawyer told the news service that every worker has the right to appeal his firing and the captain is simply exercising that right.
Thirty-two people died after Costa Concordia hit the rocks off Giglio the night of Jan. 13.
Schettino faces charges of manslaughter, shipwreck and abandoning ship. Preliminary trial hearings are scheduled to begin on Monday in Italy.
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