Quote: (Originally Posted by
Tienuts)
Turns out, the guy's trimix card was fraudulent. Now obviously this example doesn't really apply in this discussion, but my point is there are some real nut-bags out there who try all kinds of stunts, and I'm sure this resort has seen their fair share, and are just taking steps to prevent more of them, as much as it sucks for those who are competent, safe divers.
If somebody fakes certification cards, and shows complete incompetence, and then an accident happens, do you really think that any court in the world would overrule the waiver he had to sign? Do we perhaps soon need cert cards with biometric data and a central registry with fingerprints before somebody is allowed to dive?
Also, isn't there a danger that more people will start faking their certs and lie about their logged hours, because resorts don't accept the certs they already have? For example, I could probably have sneaked into Cobalt by simply making up a false dive log for my HH CCR, thereby circumventing the idiotic rule that my logged hours reset to zero after switching from the Optima to the HH.