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From: Jason Rogers <gasdive@sy*.DI*.oz*.au*>
Subject: Re: Restrictions on using scuba for commercial diving
To: A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk* (A.Appleyard)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 17:08:00 +1100 (EST)
Cc: techdiver@terra.net

Hi,

Scuba has been banned for commercial work because people were just
having too many bad days as a result of using it.  If you get
stuck, or knocked out, or disabled when using scuba, well, that's
just about it for you.

Deeper than 60 ft means deco, and that's just too hard to do on
scuba to be viable.  You *need* SSBA and coms to do deco with any
degree of safety.

As well, you can't use powertools with scuba, for roughly the same
reasons.  I'd be most unhappy if a chainsaw got away from me while
using scuba.  (Well of course I'd be unhappy on SSBA too, but
hopefully, when they heard the screams through the comms, they
would turn the saw off)

Oh and Oceaneering is a big diving company.

Cheers Jason =:)

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