As to
SoCalBlueFlame your comments may be valid, but it is very hard to figure why you would put this on a
guest comment form or even as any kind of entry on ScubaBoard.
1st because this was my first post and I did not know how to start a new thread. so for this I apologize for interfering with someone else's thread. I posted to vent and let others know of my customers complaints to me.
If you're all that alarmed, as a PADI Professional, you were smart to reduce this to writing and file a report with PADI Standards Violations. Good luck with that one, as PADI Corporate knows this operation with great & historic intimacy. It is used as a model for PADI operations, likely you have seen materials generated by their work in the past. They even dump record all computer logs, both for instructor and student. I encourage you, by all means, have at it- but on this, you'll have to sign your full name, not just "
CC" it.
Methinks you had other issues, maybe?
A good friend of mine was a guest there during your stay. He mentioned that on the first day, you caused such a fuss about the way the 'dive boys' rigged your gear, they then just decided to carry your gear aboard after that and didn't rig your gear. Jesse and Reuben, the DM's who ran that boat are likely the best operators in the industry. You made it known that you are a PADI Course Director (true enuf) and that you "train Navy SEALs". (Oky doke :amazed: on tha
If causing a fuss is because the dm did not seal the din adapter on our regulators then yeap, that was me... Never once did I state that I trained Navy SEALS... not so at all... I did say, when asked that I had trained Swift Water S&R in SoCal and Georgia...
I see that you have been a dive pro for 15 years and have
over 5,000 dives. That's a minimum of one dive per day each day of your career. So I guess you are a diver man, fer sure.
And have been a diver since 1970 so figure that one out, okay. And there were 4+ years where I trained over 300 students a year from 2005-2009. So I do have plenty of dives.
Anyway, my old buddy who was there at the same time easily remembered you and your story when I called him to ask. Otherwise, it's kinda' funny, being as old as he is and his having so many Nitrogen lesions on his brain- he can't remember if he had oatmeal for breakfast, but you... he recalled vividly. He was also in Law Enforcement, so he has an eye and a memory for certain very specific behaviors.
The student you referenced? Her companion is a veteran Law Enforcement trainer (not my old friend as mentioned above) who is a very experienced diver. He saw no issues or violations with his GF, and her computer logs bore this out. But he did have a moment to speak with one of
your students who mentioned that you had taken him to 150'. Your student even showed the boyfriend his computer. Your student asked, "Should we have done that?".
(Possibly you could fill us in on the PADI S&P for that one?)
He was not a student and we were not teaching on this trip. I am also a TDI Instructor and I am trained as a tech diver and instructor to/by two other agencies. He is also a law enforcement officer and he asked me to go with him and make sure he was ok because he wanted to show that on his computer. I was on a vacation and not teaching so I broke NO STANDARDS. PERIOD.
BTW- when you make reservations, and then when all guests and leaders fill out the forms upon arrival- CCV asks is there are "any special occasions" being celebrated. It is up to you or your trip participants to list that, or no... the staff doesn't know if it's your 1
st Lifetime Dive or just your 1
st dive to 150'.
Not everyone likes every place, and yes, even some people don't like ice cream. Sorry it didn't work out for you, may I suggest
Fantasy Island Resort - Bienvenidos It is just 200 yards to the West.
BTW- great first post.