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I don't think you're disagreeing with me at all ... I suspect you're not understanding what I said.KMD:Bob, I would somewhat disagree with you on this. In any training dive the real emergency always trumps the simulated/training emergency.
One option for Peter as the "Odd man out" or a better discription might be "the diver with the greater situational awareness" is that is is in his right to go to the divers, terminate the drill and thumb the dive.
I understand where you are coming from on more advanced dives where the option to punch out is either not available or inadvisable but this was neither.
I know I would think harshly of myself if I was in a situation where a buddy got hurt or had a near miss, but gosh darn it, I successfully completed that valve drill!
Certainly the real emergency trumps the training emergency ... that's a given.
What I'm saying is don't waste time stopping the drill. Under the circumstances, that would only increase the potential for confusion, and delay the ability to render aid to the person in need. Communicate to the two guys sharing air that you are missing a diver and are going to her aid. Then go.
Treat this like there was two emergencies happening. One was being taken care of, the other was not. So Peter should have been taking care of the other one ... no questions asked.
Don't make distinctions in this case between the "real" emergency and the "training" emergency ... there's nothing to be gained by stopping the exercise, and a potential liability in doing so. Take the path that addresses the problem most expeditiously.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)