Well, as for myself, I do not let people touch my gear except my diving buddy as part of the pre-dive check so he or she gets acquainted with my rigging, weight system, octo, etc.
Being in the aviation business, if I ever get interrupted doing checks, I will start them over. If somebody does anything to my platform, I will look at it over again. When I seriously resumed scuba diving in Mar 2009, my first diving trip was in Cozumel. Very professional organization I dealt with but I vividly recalled one tank being dropped somehow when one of the DM was just trying to help the customer by setting-up her equipment...end result...tank toppled hitting the deck first stage first and damaging the reg assembly.
I always did my own rigging and set-up and the one thing that caused me heartburns was to see the DM fidgeting with my rig once it had been all set-up and tested...to the point that I had to redo my own pre-dive check...remember what I said about somebody touching my helo after I am satisfied with its condition...This occured only once because It became part of my traditional morning greetings... Buenos Dias how are you?...FYI, I set-up my own equipment and I don't want anybody doing anything to it except my buddy as part of the pre-dive check...I had a great diving week afterward.
Being in the aviation business, if I ever get interrupted doing checks, I will start them over. If somebody does anything to my platform, I will look at it over again. When I seriously resumed scuba diving in Mar 2009, my first diving trip was in Cozumel. Very professional organization I dealt with but I vividly recalled one tank being dropped somehow when one of the DM was just trying to help the customer by setting-up her equipment...end result...tank toppled hitting the deck first stage first and damaging the reg assembly.
I always did my own rigging and set-up and the one thing that caused me heartburns was to see the DM fidgeting with my rig once it had been all set-up and tested...to the point that I had to redo my own pre-dive check...remember what I said about somebody touching my helo after I am satisfied with its condition...This occured only once because It became part of my traditional morning greetings... Buenos Dias how are you?...FYI, I set-up my own equipment and I don't want anybody doing anything to it except my buddy as part of the pre-dive check...I had a great diving week afterward.