Whatever the going rate in FP is, is what you will need to pay. Tank charge or not. I would not sweat it. The Dive Shop needs to make some money, and they have not been making much money lately, I assume.
With your professional creds, do you think a Solo combined with a tech course would be a good idea? My Solo training along with my PADI Tech 40 did the most for me. The rest, not so much. I am not discounting Rescue, it is a good course. Just say'n!
I was a trained AWSA safety swimmer for tournaments. While rescue is a different animal, many of the concepts are the same.
cheers,
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Thanks, yeah. Solo and Tech would be a good idea. Limited on time between work, other activities and when planning on going to FP. So, Rescue was shortest route to CMAS 2.