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That's fair. And a problem that I have no idea how to address.

Because it actually saves time. When I taught at a shop, we had 2 3-hour sessions. When I was teaching on the knees, it was tough to complete all skills in those 6 hours. CW5 was basically skipped by the other instructors at the shop (yes, a violation I know). When I made the switch, I...

And there is nothing that anyone can do about that. I don't think anyone is saying this. As I stated earlier, the recommendations I've seen several times of students going onto T1 is to practice the fundies skills at a tech pass level in preperation. Most OW skills should be practiced once...

Not everyone takes task loading seriously and not everyone will assume the same level of risk (or agree on what is risky or not). And it doesn't matter how good an instructor is, if a student is uncoachable in some aspects. Some people just don't listen. That doesn't mean they will become a...

I would have saved money had I taken fundies after OW and then T1. Then go into any tech direction I wanted. All the con ed courses I took were a joke.

So one of the things I like about GUE is their recommendations when preparing for the next class is to practice the heck out of the previous class. They are truly a progressive agency, rather than having haphazard con ed courses without always clear progression. Having minimum dive...

people place too much value on what goes on social media. Maybe I'm wrong as it was a trend with kids to eat dishwasher detergent. Unless something is stated by an actual expert (which probably eliminates everyone on this thread), statements should be taken with a grain of salt. Any argument...

Like it makes any bit of difference.

https://resources.naui.org/media/1580/2024-s-and-p-v10.pdf?_gl=1*1njopl4*_ga*MTg3ODY0NjMyMS4xNzM1NDE2MTkx*_ga_L558FCL13P*MTczNTQxNjE5MC4xLjAuMTczNTQxNjE5MC4wLjAuMA..*_ga_655SYESQ2T*MTczNTQxNjE5MC4xLjAuMTczNTQxNjE5MC4wLjAuMA..#page=85 This is why I ignore your posts Mel as much as possible.

Then the only person I could have as a dive buddy would be my wife in case of an OOG emergency

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/influential-cave-diver-bill-gavin-dies/

Good God no. That's just perpetuating poor weight distribution (feet heavy). @Webmaster You're in the Phillipines. Go see Andy Davis in Subic Bay. Andy Davis Technical Diving | Scuba Tech Philippines You may be interested in some of the ideas I use in teaching open water here: Teaching...

Reading that requires effort. Not everyone wants to put that in. Though the NAUI master diver program should be common knowledge for long term dive pros of all all agencies. It is excellent. The book should be on every dive pros bookshelf

Check the dive planning document link in my signature

I've had 2 SPG failures. I think that's abnormally high and I was just unlucky. Hence I look both ways 3 times before crossing the street. At least with recreational diving, the surface is always an option.

My brother's worst professor in his opinion was a Nobel Prize winner in physics. Brilliant man, just couldn't teach worth kaka.

LIAR!!! Well, I'm not THAT old .....

Underwater nail gun

That's interesting. But you were on a BCD, right? As per How BCD’s Transformed Diving Almost Overnight - it was invented 9 years prior. Or were you in a horse collar? I'm curious how training was prior, and also prior to the invention of the horse collar. If only Dr. Miller was around.

I can't speak to the entire history of instruction and unfortunately Dr. Miller isn't with us to chime in. If you could post that entire publication of what you submitted, that would be sincerely awesome. I don't think this led to on the knees instruction: PADI Through the Decades: the 1980s...