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Your buddy might also be fearful. Agree on protocols before you splash.Governments are fearful
Governing bodies are fearful
Diving Business are fearful
Insurers are fearful
The Public are fearful
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Your buddy might also be fearful. Agree on protocols before you splash.Governments are fearful
Governing bodies are fearful
Diving Business are fearful
Insurers are fearful
The Public are fearful
It's my opinion that we, as divers, are going to have to be very flexible in all we do. Truth, mixed with fear will have a huge effect on how we dive from here on out. So be it. Some rules will be wise. Some of them will be less so. I saw the writing on the wall in regards to primary donate at the very beginning. I've had to donate air only a few times and never in a cave, so this won't affect me much, if at all. I'll happily comply with any requests they make whether I agree with them or not. Once in the water, I'll do what I think is appropriate. Maybe it's time to carry a pony on every OW dive?
1) comply with them and dive happily in that resort.
2) do not dive there.
The problem is that there are some rules that introduce a higher risk to try to prevent a lower risk.
Fear. Nothing but fear.
Fear is unreasoning.
You're not going to reason with an unreasonable person or rule. That's the nature of it. Agree. Happily agree. Do what you need to do when you're in the water. What happens on the dive stays on the dive.
The reality is that people dive with them, regardless of how anyone feels about them.How does having an AAS rather than not having an AAS introduce more risk?
Having thought about this for a bit I realise that their policy makes me more likely to choose them rather than less. I don’t want to dive with people using Air2s.
I have to agree with Angelo. Understand an operator's policies and then choose to dive with them or not.I do not grasp all this stuff about risk percentages or increased risk due to different sharing methods.
This is relevant only for the responsible who sets the rules for a resort (or for a country). None of us is in the position to force a change of these rules: we can perhaps politely suggest to change them, but given a set of rules, even if plainly wrong, one has just two choices:
1) comply with them and dive happily in that resort.
2) do not dive there.
The suggestion of violating the rules while diving there is simply unacceptable.
It is selfish and without respect for the other customers and for the professionals working there.
It is perfectly legit for the chief of the organization running scuba operations at the resort to define the safety rules and to enforce them.
A customer must follow them strictly, above and under the surface.
Who does not agree following the rules is not allowed diving in that resort.
In Italy there are many types of caverns and caves, and different groups of divers going inside them.@angelofarina. Out of pure curiosity. Can you please describe the trim position of Italian divers? I am trying to understand the “no frog kick rule” in some Italian caves.