Finally, some recognition and fair warning to the public that this operation is out of control.
Here is the total since November: One dead, one hand bit off (or close to it); 13 divers lost in two different incidents. Anything more need be said?
This Undercurrent note does not even address the death last November, of a diver that another op had (according to the thread) declined as unsuitable for the diving including the very rough conditions, and then their inability to even retrieve the diver from the surface, necessitating another call to sea tow all of which took place under, typical for this op, secretive circumstances (such as being evasive with the coast guard over as to their location).
The kool-aid drinkers, of course, will continue to chug . . . "it can happen to anyone" . . . . . riiiiiiiiight.
I don't know how their recklessness could have brought them so low. I dove with them a few years ago for my AOW boat dives, and it was a solid operation and a well run boat. I guess macho, thrillseeking and recklessness have now become the standards for defining a "good" diver or a "serious" operator.
Here is the total since November: One dead, one hand bit off (or close to it); 13 divers lost in two different incidents. Anything more need be said?
This Undercurrent note does not even address the death last November, of a diver that another op had (according to the thread) declined as unsuitable for the diving including the very rough conditions, and then their inability to even retrieve the diver from the surface, necessitating another call to sea tow all of which took place under, typical for this op, secretive circumstances (such as being evasive with the coast guard over as to their location).
The kool-aid drinkers, of course, will continue to chug . . . "it can happen to anyone" . . . . . riiiiiiiiight.
I don't know how their recklessness could have brought them so low. I dove with them a few years ago for my AOW boat dives, and it was a solid operation and a well run boat. I guess macho, thrillseeking and recklessness have now become the standards for defining a "good" diver or a "serious" operator.
