DIVING / FLYING

[kinoons]

I agree. The limit should be the same.
However I did fly on a coast guard helicopter carrying a diver to the deco chamber and the pilot told md he was not allowed to exceed 3000 feet, as the cabin was not pressurised.
Of course a quite different situation...

As you note, a very different situation. One someone is actively sick with suspected DCS, the other someone is trying to minimize the possibility as practically as they can within their travel/vacation time allowance.

 

[Umpman]

I'm an idiot and didn't think when I planned my dive. LoL

Here are my stats:

*** TODAY ***
- ONE DIVE
- Avg 32 feet
- Dive lasted 42 minutes
- DIVE ENDED: 11:51am


*** TOMORROW ***
FLIGHT TIME: 9:35 am (Probably take off at 10:00am

Can I fly? Thanks

Generally you should wait 24 hours between diving and flying however with your one dive to a shallow depth, you will be completely off gassed by the time of your flight. It’s about 23 hours

 

[kissonerga.ccr]

For non-transport category airplanes (aka smaller planes) it requires supplementary oxygen to be supplied above 12,500ft for passengers.

Close enough. That’s for a different reason though – avoidance of hypoxia, which leads to crew incapacitation and various sad outcomes. OP’s concern is more about the risk of altitude DCS – effectively, continuation of his last dive with nitrogen-loaded tissues (I would not worry about that if I were in his situation, just like @Angelo Farina said)

(nit-picking mode on)
In the US, FAR 14 CFR para 91.211 says: all occupants on supplemental oxygen above 15,000’ cabin altitude (size of aircraft doesn’t matter). Minimum crew (~ pilot flying) on oxygen if above 12,500’ for longer than 30 minutes, or if above 14,000’ – for the entire flight at these altitudes.
(nit-picking mode off)

Incidentally, there is a ton of unclassified research on altitude DCS from various US government agencies, makes for an interesting read