OK, there seems to be a lot of confusion on what the PADI standards are, so here is a list of prerequisites, straight out of the instructor manual.
1. Rescue diver: AOW or equivalent.
The equivalent is where 20 dives comes in. If you don't have AOW, you need 20 dives with night, deep, nav experience. But if you do have AOW, then you don't need 20 dives to take Rescue.
2. DM: 20 dives to enter training, 60 dives to be certified
3. OWSI: 60 dives to attend IDC, 100 dives to take the IE and be certified.
As you can see, with DM and OWSI, in order to be certified, you need 60 and 100 dives respectively. IMHO, the exit requirements are not unreasonable at all. As I stated before, there will be people who can't be trusted no matter how many dives they do, but there will also be people who are quite competent at those numbers. These numbers aren't set to assure that all people exceeding these numbers are qualified. It's set to filter out people who needn't bother try.
Remember, this is a MINIMUM. Fulfilling this requirement is only the beginning.
1. Rescue diver: AOW or equivalent.
The equivalent is where 20 dives comes in. If you don't have AOW, you need 20 dives with night, deep, nav experience. But if you do have AOW, then you don't need 20 dives to take Rescue.
2. DM: 20 dives to enter training, 60 dives to be certified
3. OWSI: 60 dives to attend IDC, 100 dives to take the IE and be certified.
As you can see, with DM and OWSI, in order to be certified, you need 60 and 100 dives respectively. IMHO, the exit requirements are not unreasonable at all. As I stated before, there will be people who can't be trusted no matter how many dives they do, but there will also be people who are quite competent at those numbers. These numbers aren't set to assure that all people exceeding these numbers are qualified. It's set to filter out people who needn't bother try.
Remember, this is a MINIMUM. Fulfilling this requirement is only the beginning.