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At 06:15 AM 12/04/96 -0500, you wrote: snip ----------------------------------------------------- > >PADI 5 Star CDC's, 5 Star IDC's, and 5 Star Dive Centers that >offer enriched air training courses may continue to offer non-PADI >programs during the next 14 transitional months (until June 1,1997) >After that, only the PADI Enriched Air Diver and PADI Enriched Air >Specialty Instructor Training courses may be taught. Any enriched >air courses that meet equivalency for these PADI courses would need >to be dropped at that time in accordance with the 5 Star agreement. >Both the diver and instructor courses are considered entry-level >courses for enriched air diving.. snip >********************************************************** > >Looks like I for one am going to have to re-consider >our shops 5 Star designation. When it was the purely >recreational classes that we couldn;t cross teach, it was >ok, but after being so STUPID about nitrox for that time, >PADI now thinks it can jump in and force instructors to >sever ties with the agencies that were there first? >It is truly and purely them looking for $$$. Besides >that, while their EAN course materials are great, it's >a helluva lot more expensive course to teach than thru >the other agencies. > >Tim Olson Tim, In Australia two PADI Course Directors are Directors of tech agencies - ANDI and TDI. Obviously they were upset as you are. However a meetings was held with Garry Sims the PADI Australia Training Mng. and during this meeting Garry Sims stated that because there was a differance in content that both the ANDI CSU and TDI nitrox programs were not seen to be equivalent and that in Australia ANDI and TDI could quiet happily teach students and instructors in the above programs without creating any problems at their 5 star idc centres. I was present at the meeting so I know this to be true. If Auatralia can see the differance maybe you should meet with the PADI Intl. training department and discuss it. David O.
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