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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 11:06:45 -0700
To: Roderick Farb <rfarb@em*.un*.ed*>
From: cherf@ci*.co* (Scott Cherf)
Subject: Re: Q.T. on the U.T. Rebreather - Fraud by any other name
Cc: John Todd <afn48281@af*.or*>,

Rod -

There's a large reality gap here I think.  I talked with a fellow in Kona
last week who told me that the TDI requirement was 20 hours for an Instructor
Trainer.  I thought this was a little low myself but I just smiled and nodded
(I have this compulsion to be polite in real life ;).  He did meet the first
criteria though.  Interestingly enough, another guy in the same shop was an
ex-military diver with quite a bit of experience on the CCR1000.

So where on the west coast would I find someone 1) interested in training
rebreather divers and 2) with more than 100 hours of practical experience?

Scott.

At 12:48 PM 9/4/96, Roderick Farb wrote:
>Even with mechanical rebreathers, no one should be considered a rebreather
>instructor until they 1. own a unit and 2. have 100+ hours in open water
>dives on the unit- no pool hours should count. The IANDT/TDI whatever,
>training of a rebreather instructor in a two-week course is ludicrous.

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