PADI's response, they grow and make more money. You guys have really showed them..
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PADI's response, they grow and make more money. You guys have really showed them..
So, you were able to dive for a decade with a PADI OW card, to and above the certification limit of the card, but did not get anything worthwhile from it?I haven’t found much worthwhile from my PADI OW, or later AOW that I was required to do to dive as deep as I had been for the prior decade.
I had to do a lot of self-study after my OW cert. I had no idea how to use tables and I was certified long before recreational computers were widespread. I had no idea how to set up my equipment. I had no idea how to do anything other than follow the instructions of a DM and try to keep up.So, you were able to dive for a decade with a PADI OW card, to and above the certification limit of the card, but did not get anything worthwhile from it?
You did not qualify for that OW card. You failed the confined water work and the final exam with table questions on it.I had to do a lot of self-study after my OW cert. I had no idea how to use tables and I was certified long before recreational computers were widespread. I had no idea how to set up my equipment. I had no idea how to do anything other than follow the instructions of a DM and try to keep up.
I had to do a lot of self-study after my OW cert. I had no idea how to use tables and I was certified long before recreational computers were widespread. I had no idea how to set up my equipment. I had no idea how to do anything other than follow the instructions of a DM and try to keep up.
100% agree. Neither did my wife’s when she was certified 10 years later. Neither did my daughter’s when she was certified 15 years after that. Notice a pattern?Opinion: your instructor didn’t earn his pay.
You are correct. I literally did not pass the exam and my instructor told me what the correct answers were so we could go diving. I had absolutely no clue how to put together equipment because I did it one time with the instructor telling me step by step how to do it at the pool. After that, all my dives were from a boat and the boat hands assembled all equipment.You did not qualify for that OW card. You failed the confined water work and the final exam with table questions on it.
You just haven’t found the good instructor yet. Keep trying. Hopefully you don’t end up like Mills before the right one.100% agree. Neither did my wife’s when she was certified 10 years later. Neither did my daughter’s when she was certified 15 years after that. Notice a pattern?