Fair enough. I'm all for the challenge though. Plus it is rather entertaining.
How do you feel about PADI bashing on this thread??
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Fair enough. I'm all for the challenge though. Plus it is rather entertaining.
Oh and it gets my post count up... so soon I'll be a scubaboard addict... catching up with you guys...
If I had my way we would all shred every certification card we have. If the boats didn't want to take a stab at figuring things out without cards, then they could just park it. If the shops didn't want to sell gas, they could keep it and see how well all that gas works when that's all they have to eat. Go to a gas supplier instead of the dive shop and they just trade gas for money.
Training should be purchased for the value of the training and not for the access of a card but that is NOT what's going on. Take away the access function of the card and see how many of these useless classes they can sell then.
Then, and only then will an instructor offering quality training have any kind of a competative edge. As long as the card needed for access has a market value of $99 we will only have $99 courses.
Training should be purchased for the value of the training and not for the access of a card but that is NOT what's going on. Take away the access function of the card and see how many of these useless classes they can sell then.
Then, and only then will an instructor offering quality training have any kind of a competative edge. As long as the card needed for access has a market value of $99 we will only have $99 courses.
drew52:
If you want, I can shoot Pete a PM and nominate you for a mod post.
MikeFerrara:
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I watched PADI sell ITC's in the mid seventies. I was there when PADI swore they would never teach nitrox. There is a reason why they are called Put Another Dollar In and why there phone number is 1-800-pay padi
royalediver:
and here we are, PADI just can't do anything right. Most complaints have been that PADI is too lax, now you complain that PADI was too conservative with adopting Nitrox...
cerich:
You noticed that too, huh?
MikeFerrara:
actually I just got my UW Journal and quarterly standards thing yesterday from them. FOR THE FIRST TIME since 1997 it didn't have a standard being made easier or dropped!
cerich:actually I just got my UW Journal and quarterly standards thing yesterday from them. FOR THE FIRST TIME since 1997 it didn't have a standard being made easier or dropped!
About the only things left to drop is the entry and exit. They won't get anyplace if divers can't get in the water and it won't go much better for them if they don't let them back out.
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