Do not ever say you are a rescue diver

[SlugLife]

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"Average divorce rate among Scuba Instructors."
"PADI vs SSI"
"Solo Diving"
"Does everyone pee in their wetsuit?" "What about a friend's wetsuit?"
"Where to buy fake VIP stickers?"

 

[BlueTrin]

"Average divorce rate among Scuba Instructors."
"PADI vs SSI"
"Solo Diving"
"Does everyone pee in their wetsuit?" "What about a friend's wetsuit?"
"Where to buy fake VIP stickers?"

Oh where do you buy them for the last one?
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Asking for a friend

 

[SlugLife]

Oh where do you buy them for the last one?
…
Asking for a friend

https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/where-to-get-vip-stickers.552523

 

[DiveProKoko]

.... I always say I am a Rescue Diver....I should never have said that I am a rescue diver.....

Always undersell and over perform. Never the other way around....LOL. Oh, and remember that no good deed goes unpunished.

 

[Dody]

It seems that in Malta, saying that you are a rescue diver could send you to jail

 

[boulderjohn]

It seems that in Malta, saying that you are a rescue diver could send you to jail

In Malta, being a diver can send you to jail.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

One of the dive buddies of Arthur Castillo (the accused in Malta) is a good friend of mine. I don't have any inside information, just what has been publicly released. The information I have is here: Summary of the Judgement - Christine Gauci's fatal accident and prosecution of a Maltese Diver - divinginfo.mt. The man should never have been prosecuted in my opinion. I hope that Mr. Castillo has different represenation in his appeal and is exonerated.

The prosecution of Mr. Castillo and years ago of Mr. Steve Martin show Malta to be an anomaly for much of the world. When I dive in Malta, I will dive only in a very small group with everyone having higher credentials than me. As I'll never be a technical diving instructor, that won't be hard.

 

[SlugLife]

I think I'm participating in 3 other threads on the Malta incident already. Why not make it 4! Considering Dody steered his own 40-page thread off topic, I think it's permissible.

Here are a few other threads:

How to proceed with conflicting dive buddy?

While topic is somewhat explicit, I believe this is correct subforum, so new divers can also have an idea how to react. (Mods, feel free to move this) This thread is motivated by a conviction of a diver by Maltese court Maltese court convicts dive buddy. While we don't know full story, I'll go...

scubaboard.com

Maltese court convicts dive buddy

A Maltese court has convicted a dive buddy for the death of a diver...... makes you wonder if solo diving is legally the safest way to go.... Diving buddy found guilty of AFM soldier's death in 2020 Gozo tragedy And an opinion article about the case: A dangerous precedent for divers Court...

scubaboard.com

Maltese soldier dies in diving incident off Mġarr ix-Xini

AFM soldier dies in diving incident off Mġarr ix-Xini

scubaboard.com

 

[SlugLife]

One of the dive buddies of Arthur Castillo (the accused in Malta) is a good friend of mine. I don't have any inside information, just what has been publicly released. The information I have is here: Summary of the Judgement - Christine Gauci's fatal accident and prosecution of a Maltese Diver - divinginfo.mt. The man should never have been prosecuted in my opinion. I hope that Mr. Castillo has different represenation in his appeal and is exonerated.

The prosecution of Mr. Castillo and years ago of Mr. Steve Martin show Malta to be an anomaly for much of the world. When I dive in Malta, I will dive only in a very small group with everyone having higher credentials than me. As I'll never be a technical diving instructor, that won't be hard.

Me personally, I'm either diving solo or not at all if I ever happen to find myself in Malta. And definitely no dive-charters, because you might fight yourself insta-buddied.

 

[Wibble]

Me personally, I'm either diving solo or not at all if I ever happen to find myself in Malta. And definitely no dive-charters, because you might fight yourself insta-buddied.

Isn't every dive's a solo dive regardless of diving with buddies or not?