Rebreather World - View Single Post - Certification madness or reasonable requirements?

lizardland · 18th April 2008, 08:49

Quote: (Originally Posted by Ben Field)

Another angle...

You have a family, so you have life insurance to support them if the worse happens, your insurance (probably) only pays out if you dive within your qualifications....

You save $1000 bucks on a cert card but your wife and kids go without the million bucks they needed to finish college, pay the morgage etc.

Yeah it sucks- I'm OC Trimix qualified and am abit miffed at having to drop another grand or so getting a card but I figure I'll have a week away diving with a good instructor, treat it like a holiday, enjoy myself and put the costs aside... afterall if its difficult then I really wasn't ready and needed the training more than I thought, if its easy- well then its easy and I get some diving done- no great lose.

IMVHO

I've no insurance

If insurers don't want to pay out then they'll find a way. I'm sure the lack of CE approval would come into it somewhere as well and that's something I can do nothing about short of changing rebreather and there is no CE approved unit I'd want.

If I die on my OC bailout then am I diving within my certification limits? Note to self...

18th April 2008, 08:49	#15 (permalink)
lizardland Yak Current Rebreather/s: MK 15.X Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Home Build Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North... Posts: 1,298	Re: Certification madness or reasonable requirements? Quote: (Originally Posted by Ben Field) Another angle... You have a family, so you have life insurance to support them if the worse happens, your insurance (probably) only pays out if you dive within your qualifications.... You save $1000 bucks on a cert card but your wife and kids go without the million bucks they needed to finish college, pay the morgage etc. Yeah it sucks- I'm OC Trimix qualified and am abit miffed at having to drop another grand or so getting a card but I figure I'll have a week away diving with a good instructor, treat it like a holiday, enjoy myself and put the costs aside... afterall if its difficult then I really wasn't ready and needed the training more than I thought, if its easy- well then its easy and I get some diving done- no great lose. IMVHO I've no insurance If insurers don't want to pay out then they'll find a way. I'm sure the lack of CE approval would come into it somewhere as well and that's something I can do nothing about short of changing rebreather and there is no CE approved unit I'd want. If I die on my OC bailout then am I diving within my certification limits? Note to self... __________________ Can you imagine drifting along in the sea with your mouth open and a load of f***ing plankton going in? You'd like it, would you? www.westons-cider.co.uk Azerbaijani Association of Technical Divers Publicity Officer and Goat Wrangler
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