DIR- GUE GUE blessing new CCR model in next 2 years?

[RedSix]

I highly doubt instructors are making big bucks from an incredibly complex course that so few people are qualified to take...

I would guess that the complexity of this class is more or less equal to the trips / projects GB and MA are already offering. Liability, depending on the place the class happens, will surely be different.
Qualification: what it is needed? Based on the InDepth article it is CCR2, 50 Tech 2 dives, 25 of them exceeding 75m and a DPV cert. Nothing special.
A driving factor for this class might be, that at the moment it is the only way to get a cert from GUE exceeding 100m ;-)
And for some Hunter-gatherer to complete the cert collection

 

[whynot]

I highly doubt instructors are making big bucks from an incredibly complex course that so few people are qualified to take...

LMAO, the requirements are CCR 2 (or PSCR), DPV1, and x number of dives at or beyond x level. There is no shortage of GUE divers who meet that requirement; heck, I can think of five divers within a stone's throw of me who meet those requirements, and if I were to think harder, I could probably come up with a few more.

 

[jrgregory]

I hear what you're saying, and point taken...
But I'll still hold that the market size for Fundies or Cave 1 is VASTLY larger than the number of GUE divers who have been to 75m over 25 times on CCR... Millions versus thousands.

If I was trying to maximize income as an instructor, I feel like I'd be focusing on banging out more of those low-level courses more quickly, instead of trying to figure out how to safely get students to 100m and back...

But I don't know. Do training rates differ greatly enough as you get higher up to justify? What does a course like CCR2 cost?

 

[RedSix]

Fundi has a lower day rate than T X, CCR X and Cave X.
Since He got so expensive, there are close to none Tech 2 classes and a lot less Tech 1 classes per year than a few years ago. Gas bill for Tech 1 often is as large as the course fee. So especially the Tech-only instructors need new sources for income.

 

[whynot]

Gas bill for Tech 1 often is as large as the course fee

Nonsense, utter nonsense. You’re telling me that 3 trimix fills, let’s say (in freedom units) 3 sets of double hp100’s so, 200 cuft of 21/35 and 100 cuft of 18/45, for the 3 t1 experience dives, approaches (or is north of) $2,000 USD? I’m not even addressing 32% and 50%, as that cost is trivial.

Remember, it’s called micro dosing, not macro dosing.

 

[RedSix]

Nonsense, utter nonsense.

Depends on the destination you take the class.

 

[PfcAJ]

Depends on the destination you take the class.

Well the helium would be like 14 bucks a cubic foot for that to be the case.

Can you point me to where helium costs that much please?

I’m no math wizard but I think that’s the ballpark needed to get to 2000 dollar fills for 3 fills.

 

[DiveLikeAMuppet]

Depends on the destination you take the class.

UK would be about USD 500 - 700 for 3 twinsets (2x24 litres) of 21/35 depending on location, assuming that you cannot convince someone to do a top up as shops don’t bank pre-blended trimix, and assuming that the shop would even have enough trimix for 4 x 3 twinset fills. Plus instructor gas so USD 1000 in trimix per student? Still ridiculous once you factor in the 25 experience dives for something that’s a glorified AN/DP.

 

[whynot]

Still ridiculous once you factor in the 25 experience dives for something that’s a glorified AN/DP.

25 experience dives for what?

To progress to the next class in general?​

To progress to ccr1? Because, if you're referring to this one, GUE HQ has been offering "waivers" for some time now.​

 

[whynot]

Still ridiculous once you factor in the 25 experience dives for something that’s a glorified AN/DP.

Also, "glorified AN/DP", seriously?! This is DIR; AN/DP cannot be glorified; AN/DP is a deep air course; deep air is outright stupid.