I have no idea which one is factually correct. The plaintiff's lawyers are saying one thing the other side contends it's different. I don't have the suit in front of me, so I have no idea which one is right. The last time (and only time) I wore a 7 mil was in the ocean and with an aluminum tank. I required 22 pounds to sink my fat arse.ummm, yes. I posted the 7 mill farmer john thing a while back and was promptly corrected that it was a 5 mil one piece suit.
Some went as far as listing several incorrect things as "FACT"...
What's far more important to me is the timeline. In the letter we are led to believe that PADI tossed the instructor after the proceedings started. In fact, he was expelled within a couple of weeks of the incident report, which was about a year before any litigation, so it was not a reaction to the law suit, but to the breaking of standards. Also, we are led to believe that PADI has assisted and is continuing to assist the counsel for the deceased. The only document that has been presented to demonstrate such monstrous behavior is one that was "clawed back" and so can not be used by the deceased's counsel. There has been no other evidence presented to us that demonstrates any "bizarre behavior" (Carney's words) and the one document that has been give to us was rendered inadmissible by PADI's counsel, so it's a moot point. As far as I can tell, Carney's letter does not address the over weighting issue just as it does not address any other safety issues or standards. It only deals with the court case and not the accident that precipitated it.
As an SDI/TDI instructor I care. We have many, many threads that deal with the other issues of this tragedy. In fact, if Carney's letter had addressed any of them, then I would not have felt obliged to start this thread. It didn't. Your signature quote says it all...To end, I could care less what Carney intended,or for the weak in many areas PADI rebuttals, as instructors we have a obligation to our students, that means when our understandings of issues that affect our students change, we need to change.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -George Orwell