Quote: (Originally Posted by
koputai)
I can see it now,
--Unrealistic idea--
Authorities: OK Mr Manufacturer, what does the diagnostic download tell us?
Manufacturer: It says the controller ****ed up and killed him.
Authorities: Hands behind your back now sir, you're coming with us.
Manufacturer: It's a fair cop, society is to blame.
--Reality--
Authorities: OK Mr Manufacturer, what does the diagnostic download tell us?
Manufacturer: It says the equipment was working perfectly.
Authorities: Thankyou very much sir, on your way now.
Manufacturer: (Wipes brow and keeps quiet)
Cheers,
Jason.
Hi Jason
He he, I see your point.
But look at it this way then:
Rebreather manufactures produce sophisticated life support systems that we rely on. Unfortunately, we sometimes loose a fellow Rebreather diver and the source to the accident is seldom found. In my opinion, we are guinee pigs and no one are actively doing anything to log what causes accidents on the units (correct me if I am wrong) except for laboratory experiments and skilled test pilots.
If we don't set any demands to the manufacturers, we will unnecessarily keep loosing fellow divers. It is impossible to correct something if you don't know what went wrong!
Example:
Here mr. diver, this a new well tested unit, take it for a dive... The diver goes in the water but doesn't come back. 1 month later they find him, but the unit is now in bad shape and they are not able to locate the problem. They believe it was a faulty valve, so they change the design.
Then they give the new model to another diver, and he goes in the water. He doesn't come back either! A month later they find him, they can not see the problem but believe it has something to do with the software. So they change the software and put in in production again.... They give the unit to a new diver and...... and so on....
Maybe we should demand that the rebreathers are monitored and logged, this way we could learn x10000 faster.
Safe diving
Christian