Spotting for a valve drill

[Meng_Tze]

I suppose in the worst circumstances, that half second or so might make a difference, but that would mean the person donating had failed to recognize the need for it for quite a long time.

And that is one of the points here isn't it? Watching each other and being comfortable/capable of handling situations. Nothing to do with GUE/DIR. If one diver can not indicate quickly enough that he/she needs gas donated, they have an issue. If they can not handle waiting for a donation more than a few seconds..... they have an issue. If the buddy is not paying attention, they have an issue.....

That half second is not going to make any difference....... both divers have an obligation: one is to notify, the other is to notice.

 

[Thalassamania]

I’d make the argument that time is not the issue, its focus and attention. By getting my primary ready and standing by I am focusing on the task at hand, the few seconds that I’d actually need to deploy in response to your signal are, in fact, rather irrelevant. Its kind or more like an emphatic “OK.”

 

[lamont]

OMG, s/he is just like any other instructor - diving solo when instructing then?? Nobody is eyeballing him. I am not sure if this can be DIR. Shouldn't DIR instructors always instruct in teams?

they usually do. one for blue hands of death and a helper for photography... it does make the instructors buddy already task loaded...