Unsafe tec instructor - can anything be done before disaster strikes?

[pisauron]

At least name the country i'm so curious

 

[batdiver_82]

me too...

 

[lostsheep]

This is why Rule #1 exists. You don't want to be caught in the middle when the inevitable disaster occurs. The only solution is to get together with your friends or dive club and charter the whole boat so that you can enforce safety rules.

Complaining to some random bottom-tier training agency is unlikely to accomplish anything unless you're personal friends with the management. But feel free to try if you enjoy tilting at windmills.

Please state rule #1 for us.

 

[jborg]

Please state rule #1 for us.

Rule #1 is don’t dive with unsafe divers.

 

[lostsheep]

Rule #1 is don’t dive with unsafe divers.

Say the word, I know y’all want to.

Rule #1 is “don’t dive with strokes.”

All strokes are unsafe divers but not all unsafe divers are strokes. We all start out as unsafe and through proper instruction, mentoring, and experience learn safety. If we don’t dive with unsafe divers or mentors, then our sport dies.

 

[mr_v]

Stay away. Don't put yourself in the middle of politics, and you'll sleep and dive better. That's the lesson I've learned from experience.

 

[BoltSnap]

Stay away. Don't put yourself in the middle of politics, and you'll sleep and dive better. That's the lesson I've learned from experience.

That's what I have learned too, here where I live now. Too much borderline criminal shiit I see in the dive training business here.

 

[SpeedyJ]

Say the word, I know y’all want to.

Rule #1 is “don’t dive with strokes.”

All strokes are unsafe divers but not all unsafe divers are strokes. We all start out as unsafe and through proper instruction, mentoring, and experience learn safety. If we don’t dive with unsafe divers or mentors, then our sport dies.

There is a difference between being green/inexperienced and being an unsafe diver. This is more often than not a personality / group culture trait.

An inexperienced diver who respects their limits and works to build capacity is a likely to be a safe diver. An experienced diver who views themselves as being on the leading edge & figuring things out vs. learning from others who came before them is likely to be unsafe.

 

[Zef]

Say the word, I know y’all want to.

Rule #1 is “don’t dive with strokes.”

All strokes are unsafe divers but not all unsafe divers are strokes. We all start out as unsafe and through proper instruction, mentoring, and experience learn safety. If we don’t dive with unsafe divers or mentors, then our sport dies.

WTF is a "stroke" in the context you are using it?
When and where did this term originate?

-Z

 

[grantmac]

I'd rather do solo recreational dives than Tec with those people for teammates.

Sounds like you need to lead the way away from that environment