I wish people would stop beating around the bush on this issue. The issue 
here is not correct training, the issue is MONEY. Follow the money, 
folks. If an agency had only a 3-step course from knucklehead to full 
trimix cave/wreck/astronaut, how could they pay for:

-The electric bill
-the 3 p's (pens, paperclips and paper)
-the mortgage on the chrome fronted building
-payroll (includes porters, gun bearers, footmen & tips/bribes)
-the quarterly Bimini trip
-the beer-o-matic in the lounge
-the sushi bar slush fund
-the escort service (for when the Great Round One come into town)
-the limo rides to/from the airport
-that bank account in grand cayman
-the re-fitting of the entire staff with gold-plated titanium regulators
-the transpac repair fund

it go's on and on.

Why, they'd have to charge $1000 (plus $49.95 for the manual) per course. 
I mean think about this guys, who would ever dive??

   Jim


On 9/3/97 10:42 AM John R. Rose wrote:

>
>Richard Todd says:
>> >    maybe it's time another agency step up and "pet the pony" so to speak,
>> >and offer real certifications. let's cut all of the horseshit, there only
>> >needs to be three of these certifications; nitrox, a no bullshit course
>> >which teaches you everything you need to know about nitrox; technical 
diver,
>> >a course which teaches you decompression techniques, included o2 
accelerated
>> >deco; trimix, a course that teaches you how to dive deeper then 130' using
>> >helium in your breathing mix.
>
>Yes, RT, you have a point here. I keep waiting for the argon-inflation
>Nitrox course series. Naturally this will be followed with the
>argon-inflation Trimix series.
>
>I think that a line of reasoning analogous to the deep air
>(lack of) reasoning should be used for trimix argon inflation series,
>i.e., prior to doing trimix dives with argon inflation, students should
>be required to do a dive with 4-5 hours of deco in 70 degree water with
>trimix inflation. Then they should do the same dive using argon inflation.
>This way they will be convinced through first hand experience that argon
>inflation is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
> 
>Finally, to round things out there should be an
>argon-inflation-while-on-DPV course.
>
>-John
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