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   Trout, Gilliam has been diving wih me as well on deep gas dives - you do
not need to explain every certification you make. In fact, Mount would have
done the saem but his members are holwling so he needs to see me do what you
saw me do first - then Tony and the others can agrue with Mount.

   

   At 11:56 AM 3/7/97 +0000, Jesse Armantrout wrote:
>Since there seems to be little interest in facts on these lists, many of you
>may wish to disregard this post.  However, the following are the facts with
>regard to the trimix instructor certification of George Irvine, III.
>
>I certified George as a TDI Trimix Instructor.  After hearing that George
>was being given the run around by another agency, I suggested that I might
>be able to help.  It was my idea.  I called Bret Gilliam and asked him if I
>could waive certain requirements.  Bret said that it was up to me, as a TDI
>trimix instructor trainer,  and that I would have to document everything.  I
>prepared the paperwork and faxed it to TDI headquarters.
>
>The reasons I felt George was qualified to teach trimix were based on, among
>other things:
>1. My personal  observation of George conducting over a dozen long range
>trimix cave exploration dives
>2. Diving with George on deep open water dives
>3. The fact that since I have known George, he has taught me more about
>trimix than I thought I knew.
>
>George told me that the primary reason he wanted to become a trimix
>instructor was for the training of WKPP personnel.  Nobody in the world is
>more qualified to do that, and anybody that questions that needs to come out
>and visit a site over which George is presiding.
>
>I did not think it was necessary to force George to go "step-by step"
>through a formal TDI course, as I had already witnessed the execution of all
>requirements to my satisfaction.  If anybody has a problem with this, they
>need to contact me.  Not George. Not TDI.  Not the lists.  My phone number
>is included.
>
>Jesse Armantrout
>TDI IT#17
>334-443-4695
>
>
>

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