Free of charge license for instructors

[Pressurehead]

Not what I was referring to at all. Btw, born in Netherlands, half Greek (spend a lot of time there, speak the language ), used to live in Australia, Russian wife (speak some Russian), so I’m pretty used to literal translations being a bit odd.

I was referring to the nonsense of not recognizing other agency certifications among other things. That’s simply not true.

Dutch, Greek, Russian and Australian , that is impressive , Geek and Russian more so.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Dutch, Greek, Russian and Australian , that is impressive , Geek and Russian more so.

Warning! Off Topic! Warning! I'm hoping my 1 year old daughter becomes a polyglot. I speak Greek, Russian, Spanish and English to her. My wife English and Russian. My mother Greek and English. My father Dutch and English. Obviously her primary languages early on will be just English and Russian, but as we will move back to Greece, she will become fluent in Greek. For now, I just want her to develop the ear for different languages. And with the last name Koeman (all the Europeans futbol fans recognize that name - but no, no relation), shouldn't she learn some Dutch too?

 

[aquabrad]

What's worrisome to me is how many of these folks are out there...

IFDI - somebody somewhere is running around with that c-card. A little googling shows there's at least a couple of instructors and a dive shop that may issue certs.

Then there's a dive shop in TN that appears to have made up their own agency (MDEA - Multinational Diving Educators Association (MDEA) - Nashville, Tennessee).

Finally there's this clown: Divemaster Charles B. Braddock, PADI Member Number: 421128 who was expelled for posting a picture of himself to facebook(?) in a swastika mask (as best I can tell) and not for offering to teach Open Water classes.

Someone should register scubafraud.com...

What's worrisome to me is how many of these folks are out there...

IFDI - somebody somewhere is running around with that c-card. A little googling shows there's at least a couple of instructors and a dive shop that may issue certs.

Then there's a dive shop in TN that appears to have made up their own agency (MDEA - Multinational Diving Educators Association (MDEA) - Nashville, Tennessee).

Finally there's this clown: Divemaster Charles B. Braddock, PADI Member Number: 421128 who was expelled for posting a picture of himself to facebook(?) in a swastika mask (as best I can tell) and not for offering to teach Open Water classes.

Someone should register scubafraud.com...

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

They did not give me the proper training

Welcome to the club known as the scuba industry. That's the norm. Good training is the exception. It is what it is.