Limitations of TDI helitrox?

[iliketopetsharks]

"Reliance upon others" As in one relies upon others for some procedure. Example, don't bother too much with self-checking pre jumping as someone else will catch it in the buddy check; be casual about gas usage as someone else will have more gas; resolving some issue myself when someone else will fix it for me; being lax in checking my NoTox gas procedure for switching... Now try that in poor visibility when the other person isn't there/cannot see.

Isn't it better to drop in without your drysuit hose plugged in and then learn the lesson so you never forget again?
Isn't it better to have well self-practised NoTox drills so nobody else has to be there?
Isn't it better to sort your own self-checking of your kit and caboodle processes AND be able to re-start them if interrupted (drysuit hose...)? BTW it's difficult to do a buddy check when sitting down on a rocking boat.
Etc...

There's a difference between relying on others because of insufficient skills and awareness vs. using synergies in a team where everybody has their own sh*t together.
But i get it, good teammates can be hard to find.

 

[Wibble]

But i get it, good teammates can be hard to find.

This with knobs on.

 

[flymolo]

Sounds like a skill issue to me. Too hard to dive with a buddy so I’ll just compromise on my safety and dive alone.

 

[Wibble]

Sounds like a skill issue to me. Too hard to dive with a buddy so I’ll just compromise on my safety and dive alone.

If you say so.

However, teem working is fundamental to certain styles of diving. Some like to do that; others don't. Live and let live.

 

[DiveLikeAMuppet]

Sounds like a skill issue to me. Too hard to dive with a buddy so I’ll just compromise on my safety and dive alone.

I would argue that diving with some people is less safe than diving alone...

Just watch few people deploy a DSMB (from a safe distance). Some divers always need to kneel in a cloud of silt (I think BS*C must train it in a Skill Development Course) to deploy. Some divers completely loose their situational awareness, drop 5 meters down and hit a wreck with their head (my sentient bailout open circuit teammate). Some people get a line stuck in their reel (me) but their dignity prevents them from letting go so they hold for their dear life on the wreck to sort out their reel (me).

 

[rjack321]

Supposedly helium can embolize faster and is more dangerous on poorly executed ascents(?),

This is wrong and sounds like something Gilliam would say back in 1998-ish to defend AN/DP being an air deco course before you're skilled enough at deco stops to do them "for real" or some other vintage nonsense.

 

[Fat old english bloke]

This with knobs on.

Maybe they just don’t like diving from **** boats…..?

 

[Fat old english bloke]

Sounds like a skill an attitude issue to me.

And one that’s prevalent, rightly or wrongly, on many boats over here.

 

[flymolo]

And one that’s prevalent, rightly or wrongly, on many boats over here.

yeah, it's the same thing over here