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>This was a rather mundane dive, should have been, that pointed out how the
>conventional manner of equipment configuration can turn around
>and bite you.  Big time!

and

>The burning question remaining is ...

>Did you certify your panic diver???

>After all she did complete the skills, right???

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What are you all thinking? 
This is an instructor issue.  It is a control factors issue.  No one's hitting
the point.

One of the basic tenet's espoused on this list is don't correct an incorrect
procedure or crap equipment with even more procedure and equipment.  Don't
compensate for inadequate rigging, training, etc.

This instructor had no need for a safe second stage and I submit stuffed,
wrapped, rolled, or hung around the neck wouldn't make a difference.

The entire event should not have occurred.

There is no such thing as a mundane training dive.  Always expect the
unexpected, anticipate it, plan for it.  Your charges are inexperienced:  count
on it.

Where was the buoyancy control?  How does an instructor let a student, by
finning alone (presumably) bring herself *and* him to the surface?

Never relax while a student is performing skills.  Never let them do anything
without you first telling them to do so.  Never let them work at their pace.
You are in charge.  Maintain control.   

While ascending from 20 feet may be no big deal for an experienced instructor, a
student could quite easily have embolised.  That's one reason why you are there
in the first place.

Students are not to ascend out of control to the surface.  Instructors are there
for, among other things, preventing just such an occurrence.  (There's no
salvation on the surface anyway - it's all in their heads.)

Students do not ascend out of control to the surface and drag the instructor
with them.

Ever. 

Don't avoid or compensate for a problem.  Anticipate, control and prevent it.

Relocating your octo won't do it.  By that time it's already too late.



RatDiver

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