Quote: (Originally Posted by
OceanOpportunity)
The folks skipping from class to class that still havent learned how to dive, I fear, are where we need to be especially mindful, as their complacency is not necessarily their fault, rather the product of all of us and our lack of being better police as instructors, and out on the water.
Mike,
Thanks for your comments. I agree with all of your points with the exception that in the end the diver may not be responsible for their own complacency
Even a good instructor can only do so much. At the end of the day I think complacency IS the individual diver's fault. That's part of the point that people need to stop placing so much blame on the equipment.
For example: Several years ago an experienced OC diver jumped in the water overweighed with their gas turned off. The diver sank to the bottom and died. This was obviously gross diver error. We all know that there have been cases of Rebreather divers not turning their O2 on before getting in the water. They ultimately ignored their PP02 monitors and they died. While both have the same gross diver error, in the case of the RB we frequently blame it on the equipment.
Compounding the matter is that there are Rebreather instructors that are not qualified. Regardless, it's the responsibility of the diver to pick a well qualified instructor and not necessarily the person that is providing the lowest price for training...
Mark