Perhaps that is the definitions we need to use.. Blind Trust Me dives or Trust me dives.
Jim, I think one of the ways we can reach them is by setting a good example. By asking questions that others might be too reluctant to ask. In many cases I ask questions for the other people diving with us when we are on our dive trips. If we talk to the other divers in a friendly way and find out their experience level we can teach them to ask the questions by asking the questions for them. When they see and hear experienced divers asking questions, questioning the DM or dive plan.. it shows them that it may not be appropriate to quietly listen to the dive brief and blindly follow the dive leader into the ocean! We can pass the message about Scuba Board and other forums. We need to be ambassadors for the well informed diving community!
I remember a dive where our group refused to enter the water at the dive site the Boat operator wanted us to dive. It was a washing machine, the (I would choke if I called him captain) boat operator had no idea about diving. There were some inexperienced divers on board who thanked us later for that refusal.. but non of them said a word on the boat. I hope they learned from it that they can and should say NO when appropriate!. We wound up diving a less interesting but much safer and protected site.
Jim, I think one of the ways we can reach them is by setting a good example. By asking questions that others might be too reluctant to ask. In many cases I ask questions for the other people diving with us when we are on our dive trips. If we talk to the other divers in a friendly way and find out their experience level we can teach them to ask the questions by asking the questions for them. When they see and hear experienced divers asking questions, questioning the DM or dive plan.. it shows them that it may not be appropriate to quietly listen to the dive brief and blindly follow the dive leader into the ocean! We can pass the message about Scuba Board and other forums. We need to be ambassadors for the well informed diving community!
I remember a dive where our group refused to enter the water at the dive site the Boat operator wanted us to dive. It was a washing machine, the (I would choke if I called him captain) boat operator had no idea about diving. There were some inexperienced divers on board who thanked us later for that refusal.. but non of them said a word on the boat. I hope they learned from it that they can and should say NO when appropriate!. We wound up diving a less interesting but much safer and protected site.
