The ask the skipper to … in the U.K. doesn’t work on most charters. The skipper is just the taxi driver taking you to/from your dive site. Any safety kit required is the responsibility of the diving party to setup and deploy.
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I left the resort and the course the next day - I have never been spoken to like that in my life and my wife was shocked, traumatized and in tears. She didn't want to stay a moment longer.No easy answer!
It will take time for PADI to look at your case and in the meantime you are doing a course with them!!
The instructor can fail you if he/she wants! All your time and money would had gone wasted!
Bite the bullet and finished the course first.
After receiving your card please come back and write a review of the course. But do be careful with the wording as you do not want to offend anyone. You can name the instructor and the resort as long as you do not mention this incidence.
Good luck.
Hat off to you. Well done.I left the resort and the course the next day - I have never been spoken to like that in my life and my wife was shocked, traumatized and in tears. She didn't want to stay a moment longer.
------------------------------------Hello All,
I wanted to get some advice and guidance on the responsibilities surrounding the use of drop tanks. An issue arose on my PADI DM course and I can't find any reference in their standards.
I understand that according to PADI standards drop tanks should be used when doing deep dives and its the responsibility of the most qualified diver on board, in my case the instructor, to notify the Boat Captain that they will be needed. In this situation, as the DM trainee, I was instructed to tell the Boat Captain that we would be needing a drop tank, which I did, also adding to check the regulator was working ok and that he had enough rope to hang it at 5 meters.
What I would like to understand is whos responsibility is it to ensure the Boat Captain knows how to deploy a drop tank on the boat that he is captaining? There are many instances where accidents could happen as a result of the incorrect deployment of a dive tank, e.g. it falls on a diver below, is empty, is too shallow, is not properly secured etc. Perhaps there should also be some guidance as to where from the boat it should be dropped so as not to interfere with the mooring line, too near the propeller?
Who is responsible for ensuring the Boat Captain knows? Is it the DM trainee? The instructor? The Boat Captain? The Dive Shop owner?
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You should write to PADI now since you had left the place.I left the resort and the course the next day - I have never been spoken to like that in my life and my wife was shocked, traumatized and in tears. She didn't want to stay a moment longer.