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I don't see the fuss. There are two skills discussed here - (1) Obtaining an AAS and (2) Donating an AAS.
The former is taught to OW students.
The later is taught to Rescue students... it is an assistance.
That is agency-specific ... different agencies do it differently.
As a YMCA OW student, I was taught to donate ... not to allow the recipient to take ... the alternate air source.
As a NAUI instructor, that is also what I teach.
The recipient is taught to take the AAS from the donor's hand, to purge it, to breathe from it, to establish physical contact (right hand to donor's right BCD shoulder strap) and to signal and begin ascent. In the real world ... unless there has been significant practice either during or after OW class ... I have little expectation that it would actually happen this way ... particularly in cases where that training occurred years ago.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)