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Agree. Why not just make OW training down to the recreational limit? Just add another day and a couple dives. Most folks do the AOW just so they can go dive these boats that require it even though it typically does not prepare one for the dives.
Pure, unsubstantiated, agency-bashing fantasy, promulgated by a small number of the same people on SB.
I have no problem with revenue. Revenue supports my family and pays for my diving. But, if you possibly think that this whole AOW is not simply a revenue generator, you have your head in the sand. What percentage of folks go on to pay for AOW and what percentage of folks pay for it just so they can do dive X and don't need or benefit very little from the "training"? Take that out of the revenue stream and you are losing millions.
Yes, that would be my guess.
It isn't, but planning a 100 foot dive is different than a 60 foot dive, at least it is for the way I teach it. The problem is that standards allow for a much shallower than 100 foot dive is allowed. So you could get your AOW with a deep dive to 61 feet (for any active PADI instructors, feel free to correct that by citing the standards which are not in front of me right now). I know a local instructor who did that for a student who was scared to dive deep.
Two weeks? My OW was 3 days. Saturday morning was classroom, Saturday Afternoon Pool, Sunday 2 Quarry Dives less than 20 minutes each. Monday 2 Quarry Dives less than 20 minutes each. Sounds like a lot has changed in 20 years.
If it ‘ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
