Question New to scuba diving, is it a bad instructor?

[Kimela]

Name them and shame them.

 

[johndiver999]

Name them and shame them.

I said that before and I think my post was deleted.

 

[Kimela]

I said that before and I think my post was deleted.

That's interesting. I know there are other threads that discuss dive ops who provided poor service and we have asked the OP to name them and shame them. As I type this some other person could be experiencing something similar to the OP. I do understand people don't want to falsely accuse someone, but if the behavior is this egregious we all deserve to get a heads-up in case we choose this instructor. At the very least, a location would be helpful.

 

[Brett Hatch]

@Kimela and @johndiver999 please see the Staff Message appended to Pressurehead's post #78 in this thread. The OP has elected not to name and shame in this public space, and repeated the point several times. Maybe she'll change her mind on that later, but continuing to suggest it here is not very productive.

 

[Kimela]

@Kimela and @johndiver999 please see the Staff Message appended to Pressurehead's post #78 in this thread. The OP has elected not to name and shame in this public space, and repeated the point several times. Maybe she'll change her mind on that later, but continuing to suggest it here is not very productive.

Thank you. I missed that.

 

[Pearl0123]

Thanks everyone, Here is an update.
PADI has contacted me and told me they had expelled the Instructor. I chose to expose him so female & other new diver can be aware. I want to prevent this situation to happen in the future.

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserReviews-g147248-d1075568-r956115722-Dive_Aruba-Oranjestad_Aruba.html

Expelled PADI Professionals | PADI

List of former PADI Instructors and Divemasters who have been expelled from PADI within the last few years

www.padi.com

 

[chaad]

@Pearl0123 you are so brave and strong for seeing this through and getting some modicum of justice. I hope this brings you peace.

 

[Still Kicking]

Fyi:

ABOUT | Greg Lacle

www.divezonearuba.com

 

[Ez E]

I guess that means DiveZoneAruba is no more.

 

[boulderjohn]

Can someone help me understand something here? The link on TripAdvisor goes to Dive Aruba, and that is where she posted her comments. Then I see the references to DiveZone Aruba, with the name of the person listed as expelled by PADI.

I dived with Dive Aruba years ago, and it was a one-man operation run by a man named Clive Paula. Are we talking about the same operation? The Trip advisor link to Dive Aruba has comments mentioning a man named Greg, not Clive.