Which Is Better

[Lost Yooper]

Would it hurt to start out safely? It does hurt not to start out safely.

Mike

 

[syruss32]

I imagine that PADI and NAUI would not offer it if it were not safe to a certain degree. The lawsuit for just one dead diver whos family can prove it was unsafe would wipe out any potential profit they would make from this course.

 

[rstone]

Originally posted by Lost Yooper
A false sense of security by giving their students the impression that because they've been trained by PADI for 165' on air that nothing will go wrong and therefore they are safe. What if....? And there's a lot of "what ifs" that can happen.

I dont think PADI is saying that anymore then I think PADI or any other agency is saying that when you dive that nothing will ever go wrong. If that was the case we wouldnt even teach rescue diver or any buddy skills. I dont think you give divers enough credit. I think most of us realize that diving can be dangerious regardless of depth and we should always be prepared to handle those emergencies.

Theres also alot of "what ifs" in REC diving alone, but divers dont jump in the water with XYZ agency and think nothing will ever go wrong.

As for that quote.. your right he does says 130' max for air/complex dives.. however the context he is using that in would seem to infer (cave, penatration wreck divers). If you notice he seperates tech from cave/complex. That would indicate he meant to seperate the two, and notice the OR which also seperates the two.

quote "Technical dives below 185 feet or below 130 for cave/complex dives require trimix"

 

[Lost Yooper]

"I think most of us realize that diving can be dangerious regardless of depth and we should always be prepared to handle those emergencies."


Exactly Rstone, but he doesn't address the fact that complex dives can just happen without notice, and if you're brain isn't functioning you could be in for a really bad day. By diving air to those depths, you are NOT prepared for complicated problems that can and do occur even on simple dives. Granted, you might be prepared for an uneventful dive, but so what!

Mike