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

MarcLaukien · 18th April 2008, 12:05

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

It's not just about the money. It's also about time. Do you know how many courses I took in the last three years? I think on average, it was 1.5 weeks per year. At some point, I just want to dive, and not spend my vacation doing yet another class (with 80% of the time being spent on repeating what I have already done in prior classes).

18th April 2008, 12:05	#17 (permalink)
MarcLaukien Custom Title Allowed! Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Optima Other CCR Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South East Florida Posts: 174	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 It's not just about the money. It's also about time. Do you know how many courses I took in the last three years? I think on average, it was 1.5 weeks per year. At some point, I just want to dive, and not spend my vacation doing yet another class (with 80% of the time being spent on repeating what I have already done in prior classes).
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