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Now you're just being obtuse.
Do you honestly think that learning the physics of diving is all there is to it?
And do you believe that all divers should dive doubles with no BC or safe-second?
Yes ... the ground rules are completely different.
Ask yourself how much it costs ... in terms of money, resources and time ... to train a Navy diver?
What is the purpose (mission) of that training?
What is the focus?
What is the average age and physical condition of the typical Navy dive student?
How much of that training is relevent to civilian vacation diving?
Yes ... the ground rules are completely different.
What your suggesting is akin to saying that everyone who wants to learn how to fly an airplane needs to take F16 training ... after all, aerodynamics is aerodynamics ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Yes, you are entirely correct. Boyles law, Charles law, the general gas law, thermodynamics amd hydrodynamic just don't apply to recreational diving, therefore the "ground rules" are entirely different.
Do you honestly think that learning the physics of diving is all there is to it?
The U.S. Navy still uses doubles without BC and there is no safe-second/octo/redundant 2nd stage on the rig they dive. Most Navy trained divers dive recreationally and their training exceeds the standards of any recreational training agency.
So, if a octo is sooooooo important, why does the Navy dive with out them?
And do you believe that all divers should dive doubles with no BC or safe-second?
Yes ... the ground rules are completely different.
Ask yourself how much it costs ... in terms of money, resources and time ... to train a Navy diver?
What is the purpose (mission) of that training?
What is the focus?
What is the average age and physical condition of the typical Navy dive student?
How much of that training is relevent to civilian vacation diving?
Yes ... the ground rules are completely different.
What your suggesting is akin to saying that everyone who wants to learn how to fly an airplane needs to take F16 training ... after all, aerodynamics is aerodynamics ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)