I was the one who donated a reg to Shawn, and it was on and working perfectly. No one is perfect, and what was originally written was in error. It is no bust on Shawn, the class is stressful and thedays are long, and I have no doubt that it was an honest mistake.
Here is a quick version of what happened:
We were told ahead of time by the instructor that if we had to close valves during a zero viz senario she would reopen the post for us as we were exiting so that we would have both regs working in case there was a problem and we needed to switch.
We were doing a zero via exit in touch contact when each of us was given a single post failure. Shawn's was a right post failure and mine was a left post failure.
When the drill was cut we were resetting when the reg that Shawn was breathing started to tug and he signaled ooa. donated my primary reg, which was in my mouth and working fine.
He could have gone to his other reg, opened his isolator, or signaaled ooa. He chose to signal and got a working reg right away.
Some confusion came into play because I was doing a flow check when he signaled and at that time he was thinking that my valve may had been closed and that I was opening it. But that was not the case, the valve was open and I was breathing off of the reg when I donated it to him. I was just doing a flow check as part of the reset after the drill.
At no time did I feel like the instructor was not in control and I never felt like we were put in any danger.
Hopefully that clears up that issue.
Edit ... it is a pita to type on this little keyboard... sorry for the typos... on was a manifold failure... but I think you get the idea.
Here is a quick version of what happened:
We were told ahead of time by the instructor that if we had to close valves during a zero viz senario she would reopen the post for us as we were exiting so that we would have both regs working in case there was a problem and we needed to switch.
We were doing a zero via exit in touch contact when each of us was given a single post failure. Shawn's was a right post failure and mine was a left post failure.
When the drill was cut we were resetting when the reg that Shawn was breathing started to tug and he signaled ooa. donated my primary reg, which was in my mouth and working fine.
He could have gone to his other reg, opened his isolator, or signaaled ooa. He chose to signal and got a working reg right away.
Some confusion came into play because I was doing a flow check when he signaled and at that time he was thinking that my valve may had been closed and that I was opening it. But that was not the case, the valve was open and I was breathing off of the reg when I donated it to him. I was just doing a flow check as part of the reset after the drill.
At no time did I feel like the instructor was not in control and I never felt like we were put in any danger.
Hopefully that clears up that issue.
Edit ... it is a pita to type on this little keyboard... sorry for the typos... on was a manifold failure... but I think you get the idea.