It's not an argument. Tec 40 is not a full tech course.
PADI Tec 40 Instructor Course in Ohio?
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LOL. Take PADI Tec 40 and Tec 45 -- which is actually the full tech course -- and get the same training and cert as AN and DP. Or take just AN and get less than Tec 40. Why do you insist on comparing Tec 40 alone to AN/DP? That's like ordering salad and a steak and complaining that the salad doesn't taste Iike steak. Or complaining that a book about baseball is terrible because it is not about football.
You know, I suspect, that you've made that assertion based on nothing more that your bias and with no supporting facts. Pure PADI bashing. There is no argument here to win or lose, just my facts versus your unsupported bias. Sad.
We are 100% in agreement on dive safety.
Where we disagree is your criticism of Tec 40 because it is not a full-fledged deco course....but it is not meant to be, and doesn't even suggest it is. It is entry-level, allows a maximum of 10 minutes of deco (so-called "lite deco") and requires more than standard recreational gear. You can fulfil the standards and be safe with a single 80+ cuft back tank, plus a stage/pony tank that is at least 30 cuft; all deco is done on back gas....no accelerated deco. What is it that is not safe?
You have to also take Tec 45 to get to a full deco course, with full tech gear. TDI does something similar: their entry level is AN, but you need DP to get any deco training...you need BOTH courses in TDI, just as you need BOTH courses in PADI.
While I don't know anyone with TDI that teaches this way, a single BM cylinder and a pony meet the equipment requirements for AN/DP too.
8.9 Required Equipment
The following equipment is required for each student:
1. Primary cylinder(s), cylinder volume appropriate for planned dive and student gas consumption
Note: Independent and isolated back-mounted doubles, are allowed to be used.
Do yourself a favor and ignore turnips. His classic mo is to argue. Usually bad points. A while back I learned to ignore him and have enjoyed my decision.
But I agree padi tech classes are a joke. There is one padi tech instructor I know of that is good. But it’s because he teaches more than just padi classes.
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