Lloyd - this is what I was talking about with the "California" cave instructors.I think we have sufficient grounds to not issue NACD certification to students of Frans effective retroactively, and I will be requesting that and a removal of his "instructor" status at the next BOD meeting. This is why we have problems out there, and I do not care whose feelings I hurt - this guy is the kind of idiot I want out of the sport. On 13 Nov 1996, "Graeme Davison" <graeme_davison@ne*.co*> wrote: >Subject:RE>>Training > > >> Also, his bullshit about not being able to scooter in a drysuit is very >>real - he is telling students things like that becasue he is an ignorant > > >This post is late as I have just got back from Florida and am in catch up - I >met Franz whilstat Laceys and he told me :- > >1. You can't scooter in a dry suit - too much drag >2. AUL lights don't work at depth - thats why they need three clips and two O >rings as the tops leak >3. He was proud of the fact that his Neutralight died on him once whilst an a >cave "training" course and he did the dive on a Q40 - this was after he and his >student had forgotten to pack their primary lights one day (we spotted them >after they had left in the morning) and they both did the "training" dive on >only two lights > >Luckily we managed to avoid the rebreather discussion one evening and the >general pontificating etc that seemed to be going on each night .... > > Mail Address : graeme_davison@ne*.co* > BSAC : IANTD : NSS-CD > > >
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