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    Standard DM gratuity?

    Sorry, but I dont agree with this one at all. I am of the sort that likes to earn my money by working. By no means am I saying that others do not do or feel the same way. It embarasses and angers me to recieve a handout for doing the job that I was supposed to do. Many people work on dive boats...
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    Once a DM always liable

    What I meant for my post to say was that if you dont follow protocol, they will throw you under the bus. If I do the right thing they better back me up. I was not reading selectively, I was merely stating my opinion about what someone else had written.
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    Once a DM always liable

    The insurance is a good thing. Just be sure not to do anythign against procedure or standards that would cause the ins company to no longer cover you. In my eyes the insurance company and your certifiying agency would be the first ones to throw you under the bus. I have yet to see a case...
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    DM pay or free to 'hold hand'?

    During the investigation your real status would be known. Just showing your lower card will not make you not an instructor. Everyone speculates on what would happen if the situation would occur, but in all the cases I have seen (where many have been thrown out) If the person did not have a...
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    How about this?? Nitrox c-card without a single checkout dive

    Personally I think the two dives are useless for learning nitrox. There is absoulately nothing I can teach you about basic nitrox while diving that you havent already learned in the book. However, if you are doing the dives with an experienced instructor whos to say you cant badger the...
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    Pro Dive and other IDC's

    I think the only negative thing you can say about the training is that you dont get a chance to work with real students. This is not a big deal if you are coming into the program as a DM or AI, and have experience working with students. But I can see some people being apprehensive about going...
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    Pro Dive and other IDC's

    And we all dressed the same. -gm
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    Pro Dive and other IDC's

    To do ROS you have to go to Pro Dive. I went through Pro Dive, I enjoyed it and recommend it. The CD's, Staff and MI's there are excellent. As is the nightlife. -gm
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    Andria Doria

    J. Moyer owned the salvage rights to the wreck, I am unsure if his claim is still valid. If a permit was issued it would be through him. A bank safe was recovered in 1984. The people that I spoke with about some recent trips said that due to the breaking down of the wreck access to some...
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    Blue Hole Hit

    Thats the way I want to do it. -gm
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    What is an octopus?

    I want to say it was Hal Watts. But im not certain. -gm
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    Vent your frustration on this guy!

    Im a younger single instructor. Are you hot? Do you own a boat? PM me a pic of your boat. -gm
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    Blue Hole Hit

    The AOW course is only to add experience under the supervision of an instructor. At least thats the way I see it. By no means are they advanced. They have only proved they could do 5 knowledge reviews, do five dives and live to brag about them. As an instructor I never, ever show my pro card...
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    Internet gear question

    If the LDS crashed, (I dont know where in florida you are located, But by me in south florida id just drive an extra five minutes until I hit another.) If all else failed I would buy my own compressor, or else the boat op's would buy their own to serve their customers. The world would not...
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    Giving Away Dive Instructor Certifications.

    By no means is this a bash against NAUI. I had never looked at the requirements to become a NAUI instructor until now, and now that I have I am suprised. All these PADI bashers are saying that the certifications are just given away. In order to get our card we must be evaluated by a person...
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    Giving Away Dive Instructor Certifications.

    And NAUI and SDI/TDI and a host of other agencies, actually almost all of them. As a brand new instructor through many of the agencies, one could cross over to most other agencies with no major work, just a class and some fees. -gm
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    Giving Away Dive Instructor Certifications.

    Yes diving in NJ or NY is different. I dove for a short time 4 or 5 years, ran down to florida and became an instructor. How did I prepare for nj diving? I woke up at an ungodly hour, drove down the shore and paid a hundred bucks to go out on a two tank dive. Got off the boat and fought the...
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    DAN insurance: worth it?

    Dan insurance is a for profit company. The money you pay benefits the insurance company. You Dan membership is used for the research and whatever else they choose to spend it on. -gm
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    Tips on Tips

    Does that mean we should teach the divers about tipping their instructors as well? As an instructor I dont feel that anythign should be given to me,the dive for me isnt free, I paid to be on the boat. If I bring 4 students with me, that means I contributed to the fares of 5 people. I hired out...
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    Tips on Tips

    To not have someone carry and touch your stuff cant be compared to not helping a person in distress. If the boat crew didnt help the person in distress, they have other things to worry about besides a tip. If you are a needy diver tip the person that you are using as your servent. The rest...
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