Dive OPs who enforce 24 hour cancelation policy but can cancel last minute??

[mmerriman]

My son has had a couple of flights on small shuttle airlines canceled for lack of enough passengers.

I've had flights cancelled "for mechanical reasons" which was code for not enough passengers....

 

[kelemvor]

you're not allowed to keel haul them much either.

That's a terrible limitation. It's an example of the law gone awry. A miscarriage of justice.

Shame shame.

 

[Kharon]

She works for free. I'm glad she's happy. Many "professional musicians" work for "free" and for "exposure". This degrades professionals.

Exactly how? Sounds like sour grapes to me. I heard the same crap argument about pricing the bowls I turn from exotic wood.

 

[jjardin]

She works for free. I'm glad she's happy. Many "professional musicians" work for "free" and for "exposure". This degrades professionals.

Not quite. She works with under an agreement that the shop provide the ability to join boat charters, take free tanks, weight, etc for shore dives, and take classes. So long as the shop offers this in consideration for her work, she will make out much better than if she had to work for $10/HR and pay the going market rate at this or other area shops. Does it conflict with local labor laws, OSHA requirements, tax withholding rules, the shop insurance contract, etc. ... probably. But is isn't for free--consideration in a contract doesn't always mean a wage.

As far as degrading professionals...there is a good deal of unskilled manual labor that does not require the a skilled professional to perform. Carrying a tank from a shop to a van to a boat back to the van and back into the shop doesn't really take a hell of a lot of training or professional certification. It is more akin to a cleaning man providing services to a law firm in exchange for representation in a dispute with his landlord. How would that degrade the profession of an attorney?

The only real thing a the music industry has in common with the recreational dive industry is that it provides a service that fulfills demand for a fairly self gratifying want. Don't kid yourself that either is needed in any way--both cater to hobbies. Furthermore, as with all hobbies, there are those dreamers in both industries that believe they can turn those dreams and some skill into a "professional" reality. Some can. Some get really rich and famous. Most don't. I would posit that the real issue with the "degradation" of the profession is there is simply not enough demand of people willing to indulge their hobbies...combined with a glut of supply from all these "professional" hobbyists driving the wage down.

 

[Wookie]

That's a terrible limitation. It's an example of the law gone awry. A miscarriage of justice.

Shame shame.

I know, right?

 

[kelemvor]

She works for free. I'm glad she's happy. Many "professional musicians" work for "free" and for "exposure". This degrades professionals.

If the professionals are not providing any value beyond that which is being provided for free then I think those "professionals" overvalue themselves.

 

[bladder]

I've had flights cancelled "for mechanical reasons" which was code for not enough passengers....

It can also be code for something not working right on the airplane.

 

[Cowfish Aesthetic]

It can also be code for something not working right on the airplane.

You've cracked the code!

 

[mmerriman]

It can also be code for something not working right on the airplane.

Yes you are correct - however on a route I took a lot, they would pull this on a weekly basis.

 

[bladder]

Bad maintenance?