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> Watts responded by stating,
>in substance, that after completing one of his deep air courses (the 300
footer,
>specifically), the "student" was not really qualified to conduct his own
dives 
>to that depth.  He described how two guides "held the hand" of the student,
and 
>took him down, and back up.  The way the "course" was explained, made it
seem 
>more like a guided tour to 300 feet, rather than a training session.
>


The only relevent question here is: Is this guy killing people (either
immediately or more likely, later) or not? Because if he's really turning out
four day wonders who think they're qualified to dive to 240 or 300 on air,
then either he must be killing some, either that or the rest of us must be
seriously overestimating the dangers of deep air(!).
On the other hand, if he's just doing a sort of fantasy trip, dressing his
customers up like tech divers and whisking them deep and back so they can say
they done it, then he's in a pretty wierd biz (kinda in the same league as
those deals where they take rich guys to Russia, dress them like fighter
pilots, and give them a ride in a MIG) but it doesn't really have a lot to do
with diving so we can save our outrage and go on our way.
Hey! - great idea for a biz. Get some of those cheap 160' foot depth gauges.
Put the 24O'dial faces on them. Print up a batch of diplomas. Find a hole
somewhere at least 100' deep..........

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