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G. Wrote:

> PERFORMANCE DEEP ON AIR -   THE TRUTH AND THE FALACY
> 
>         Teaching skills deep on air is pointless for a couple of
> reasons. One,
> it is clear that experienced divers will be more likely to be able to
> perform routine tasks under more conditions, including impairment, much
> like an exprienced driver can drive drunk. It is not possible to teach
> people, experienced or otherwise , to do anything properly while
> impaired, and certainly if you are trying to teach something to
> somebody, you want them clear.  They do not teach drunk driving to
> anyone. I can just see the class now, with the instructor saying, " now,
> everybody hold one hand over one eye". How may white lines do you see?"
> 
>                    THE FALLACY
> 
>         One standard excuse for teaching this stuff is the old line,
> "what if they have to go to air deep". My question: "Where did the air
> come from? This is tech diving, and at the tech level, if instructors
> have to be teaching students basic skills, they should not be taking the
> class, now should they? Divers need to get some dives and time under
> their belt before rushing through tech classes and paying to learn what
> they should be practicing. This would be like the Miami Dolphins lifting
> weights before a game .
> 
>          At tech '96, Dr. Bill Hamilton intervened in an argument
> between me and Hal Watts over this subject, and Hamilton told Watts,
> "Hal, this is as tech diving seminar. The reason we have tech diving is
> so that we do not have to dive deep on air."
> 
>           Deep air diving has been around as long as diving, and it
> still does not work. Couteau pointed it out well, the agencies figured
> it out, the Navy figured it out, and so did everyone else - A LONG TIME
> AGO.  - G
> 
>          Let's start teching imporoktant things and the real tricks of
> tech diving, not this air silliness - it's not tech, it's not right, and
> by now we should all know it.

Well done George, I'll second that.

But!

The first question someone asks me when he learns that I am a diver is how
deep have you been? So as you understand depth is very important to the
eyes of the ignorants and the newcomers. So, if someone sells them "a way
to dive deep" I'm sure they will bite the bait and he'll get himeself a lot
of customers.
How could we overcome this ?


Nick
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