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Nope. The dive itself was a total cluster without all of that. Unbelievably so. I honestly would have thought this was a fiction if you had described it to me--things could never be that bad in real life.Did I get that all?
Just starting to read this. I know one of the defendants.
Definitely not unethical. I cannot speak about competence as I have not seen that. Personally, when I first became an instructor, I was pretty darn incompetent. I cannot speak to the level of incompetence described in the document as I haven't read it. However even early on as an instructor, I stopped the training of a few students who were cold in 52 F / 11 C water/air temperatures after one dive (this was in March). I simply would never teach in the snow (which doesn't happen often in Seattle), but some shops do not cancel classes in those events.Without telling which one you know, you’ll have to tell us if you knew said defendant is as unethical and incompetent as in the suit.