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Paul, 
Much of our IANTD's decision was based on a tape , it also was not 
immediate as once Gerrag challenged it we did ivestigate completely as 
we wanted to be sure that it was not personality or competition driven. 
The net is no place to reveal all we learned but we did gather enough 
info to make an obvious decision. Todate in both IANTD and NACD I have 
yet to have a attitude decision by an instructor that did not prove to 
be true even when evaluated by another instructor who did not know of 
the orginal decision.

We think we are fair and open minded, we try to be but we do want to 
maintain a quality agency. Because the net is not the place IANTD will 
reframe from future conversations on this matter
Tom mount
You wrote: 
>
>The only way to clear up who said what is to tape all your 
conversations.
>That way you can prove your side of the story. I learned a long time 
ago
>that there was no honor in the recreational diving industry, each
>shop,agency and instructor was only interested in their own success. I 
had a
>run in with the private company PADI Australia Pty Ltd and if I had 
not
>recorded my conversation with their marketing manager I would no 
longer be a
>PADI MSDT, up until I played the tape for them it was obvious that my
>version of events was not believed. I might still be a MSDT but I'm 
smart
>enough to know that I'll never make Master Instructor,something about 
my
>attitude!
>That old fall back about the instructor being able to refuse 
certification
>due to 'bad attitude' is a classic,sure it does happen but in the main 
its
>used as an excuse to cover some form of discrimination, like opening 
up in
>competition etc. I wasn't there so I won't attempt to comment on who 
is
>telling the truth,but then again that fact hasn't stopped others on 
the list
>from taking sides,has it?
>The bottom line is that Gerard's version of events is just as 
plausible as
>Bob and Tom's,so much so that it is becoming the norm rather than the
>exception. As for catching and documenting untruthful comments,that 
relies
>on your total faith in that person and their personal 
standards/ethics,
>something that has recently been exposed as lacking in substance. I 
for one
>will never take one persons word over that of another or one agency's 
word
>against another, not without something more substantial to back it up
>eg.witnesses. To all concerned parties I strongly suggest you tape all 
your
>business dealings after all it's 100% going to cover your ass!
>
>Paul O'Malley   PADI MSDT
>                NAUI IT
>
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