Soggy:
Because the majority of people who post with reasons of why they chose not to go DIR
1) have never taken the class
2) have misconceptions about what it means
3) are offended with the name. (Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?
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4) are spouting mindless drivel they have HEARD about DIR....see #1 and 2
There is a NO DIR forum. If you want to use it, go ahead. So far, no one has posted there.
Would love to use it but you cannot post on it, which is one of the reasons why this Why arent you DIR thread is running. Non DIR are not allowed to make negative comments in DIR section so why is everyone making pro DIR comments here, you have your own forum go and play there.
Soggy:
Funny, GI3 wasn't mentioned once during my DIRF class. Nor was he quoted. If you don't want to read his drivel, don't read Quest.
He is a senior figure within GUE, saying dont read his posts is like saying, if you dont agree with US foreign policy dont listen to George Bush
Soggy:
Hmmm....we seem to all know the reasons behind things. Do you have examples to support this? If there is something *you* don't understand, perhaps you should ask a DIR instructor or take a class.
Im sure some of you do, but have seen many examples, where people did not answer my question with anything other than the party line.
Soggy:
Hey, that's fine. If you don't like it because you have analysed the system and think you can do it better, go ahead. This is the only reason
Thank you, I have taken parts of the system which were in turn taken from the hogarthian system, I am happy with what Im using. I dont know whether they are better or not but they suit my logic, and the diving i do.
Soggy:
Thanks for proving yourself wrong. It saves me the time.
I havent proved myself wrong at all you missed the point
Soggy:
Perhaps you should take your own advice and take a class if you want to argue against a system you don't understand, as you said in number 3 above.
I do understand a fair part of it, and some parts I dont understand I have asked about and had explained to me and chose to avoid. I gave a list of reasons WHY I DO NOT WANT TO BE DIR and those are my reasons, not all are rational I agree but they are my reasons and I am comfortable with my diving skills. This thread is why arent you DIR, so I dont expect to be hassled into being told to take the course so I can argue against it.
Soggy:
If you are talking about the skills videos, you are nuts and I'd like to see you shoot a bag while hovering motionless and horizontal any better than that. The bag is shot at arms length. I'm not sure how that is underneath him.
No it isnt when he fills it, see my post above, the bag is underneath. I was taught to part fill bag to lift it away from the diver then fill it once it is above me. And without wishing to sound bigheaded I can do better than demonstrated here.
I have just taken a TDI deco course, and I dont see that the skill requirement of that course was any less skillful than what Im reading here of the DIR-F course. Maskless airsharing, gear removal, valve drills, and ascent (not all at once) whilst horizontal and maintaining buoyancy. Please tell me what Im missing, no, really do, it would be a good comparison. In most cases the skill was practiced with mask on and then removed by instructor when you werent expecting it.
GUE / DIR-F may have set a standard for their instructors but it does not mean that there are not TDI, IANTD or even PADI instructors out there that hold the same levels