Puzzled over NAUI certification "name changes"

[tursiops]

And thank God that IQ tests aren't required for certification!

Or for writing grumpy sociopathic emails.

 

[The Chairman]

Changes? Like we have finally learned not to do 56 in a 55 or eat yellow snow?

I've only been diving since 1969, but there have been lots of changes.

• Ascent rates
  • Was "no faster than your bubbles"
  • Morphed into 60fpm
  • Currently 60fpm below 60 FWS, 30FPM above that, and even slower the last 15 ft.
• SPGs were optional and j-valves were popular (yeah, CESAs were common)
• Horse collars were just coming out, and also optional. BCs would be out soon enough and they are still optional.
• My depth gauge was a red ribbon
• NitrOx was not an option!
• No octos
• Buddy skills? I have a what?
• We ignored the Navy tables back then. Now we have newer tables to ignore and you might learn to use a PDC instead.
  
• What's a PDC?
  • Can it handle NitrOx?
  • Helium?
  • What algorithm does it use?
  • Can I personalize that algorithm?
• SMBs have been introduced
• Protocols in regard to flying after diving have changed
• Environmental concerns have changed

I know I've missed a few, but a lot has changed since then. No one has claimed it's rocket science. No way! It's submarine science.

There's simply no benefit to having an 'updated' card that I can see. Dive and let dive. You got what your earned.

 

[luscioman]

Lots of things have changed. Didnt you keep copies of your records?

 

[Bob DBF]

• Was "no faster than your bubbles"

• Morphed into 60fpm

It was 60 fpm for the Navy tables, and "no faster than your smallest bubbles" achieved a rate good enough for your ascent if your watch or depth gauge puked.

There's simply no benefit to having an 'updated' card that I can see.

In my case, the card was deteriorating and PADI could find no record for my OW. Replacing, updating, the card got me on their system and gave me a card that will last longer.

Before all the agencies started Increasing the number of certification classes, naming and renaming them, it was not unusual for a recreational certification to be named SCUBA Diver. It only meant one was trained, since there was no restriction on who could buy air.


Bob

 

[The Chairman]

since there was no restriction on who could buy air.

I bought air without a c-card until the nineties. There were a number of shops who wouldn't sell to me, but many didn't even ask.

 

[Bob DBF]

I bought air without a c-card until the nineties. There were a number of shops who wouldn't sell to me, but many didn't even ask.

I had no problem with my local dive shops, since was planning some traveling I just picked up a cert to avoid the issue. It wasen't as if I didn't know how to dive. Did the same thing for AOW a couple of decades later as more shops think that is important.



Bob

 

[pauldw]

I was sorely tempted to ask if there's a specialty certification for potty training, but I guess I shouldn’t.

 

[rhwestfall]

I had no problem with my local dive shops, since was planning some traveling I just picked up a cert to avoid the issue. It wasen't as if I didn't know how to dive. Did the same thing for AOW a couple of decades later as more shops think that is important.

Bob

Yep, same here, but a little shorter. Eight years of diving as a YMCA Scuba Diver, mostly off my own boat. Got AOW through PDIC to avoid being turned down on a charter.....

 

[Chidiver1]

Naui used to be a premier operation, but nowadays it is just a mass of confusion. When I finally translated my SD to AOW and sent in $45. for a new plastic card they managed to spell my name wrong. WTF?
So, even though this is an old thread, and you have no interest in its content, others might. I figure if we can have hundreds of BPW discussions SB should be happy to throw us old dogs a well chewed bone from the days when LLoyd Bridges roamed the seas.

Is naui that bad these days?

 

[kelemvor]

Is naui that bad these days?

no