...theme underlying the 1972 Amendments, however, assists us in analyzing Caputo's status. Congress wanted a "uniform compensation system to apply to employees...be covered by this Act for part of their activity." S. Rep. 13; HR Rep. 10-11. It wanted a system that did not depend on the "fortuitous circumstance of...

...circumstance of whether the injury occurred on land or over water," S. Rep. 13; HR Rep. 10-11, and it wanted a "uniform compensation system to apply to employees who would otherwise be covered . . . "The term employee is further limited by the exclusion of "[m]aster[s] or member[s] of a crew...