Wart -- Do you agree that the current protocol is as I write? If so, do you really believe it is good practice to teach something that is NOT the correct way to respond in real life? Shouldn't we be drilling the way we want to react?
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Wart -- Do you agree that the current protocol is as I write? If so, do you really believe it is good practice to teach something that is NOT the correct way to respond in real life? Shouldn't we be drilling the way we want to react?
...Is a Dive Master a better diver?...
...If I have no desire to teach or guide tours or carry tanks around, would the eventual DM course make me a more comfortable/safer/more alert/better diver or buddy?
...Or is the highest "skills" class Rescue? (not counting Fundies or Solo or Tech of course
Richard, Richard! Gas management? What is that?
As I told my students yesterday, I'm not permitted to teach that -- BUT if they ask me a question.....
Richard, Richard! Gas management? What is that?
As I told my students yesterday, I'm not permitted to teach that -- BUT if they ask me a question.....
So you are required to teach a useless skill and forbidden to teach a valuable one!
Is PADI a Federal government agency or something, because that's exactly how they roll.
Weird. So what are the questions that you recommend someone "randomly ask?"Richard, Richard! Gas management? What is that?
As I told my students yesterday, I'm not permitted to teach that -- BUT if they ask me a question.....