Anthony-

You are correct that the major problem here (which George pointed out 
many post ago) is that this scenario should never have evolved in the 
first place.

I maintain that leaving a diver in the water is the wrong thing to do. If 
the situation with the bent diver was that bad, I would have pulled the 
diver from the water and shipped both of them off to the chamber. And the 
dive boat should foot the chamber bill for allowing this situation to 
happen in the first place.

What would we be arguing about right now if when the boat returned to the 
diver in the water, he was not there? What a horrible way to die.

   Jim


On 9/16/97 11:35 PM Anthony DeBoer wrote:

>Jim Cobb <cobber@mi*.co*> wrote:
>>Coasties: "Leave your diver and head into shore"
>>
>>Incorrect responce: "Duuuuuuh, OK"
>>
>>Correct responce: "Fuck you, Coasties, I gotta diver in the water, get 
>>your lazy asses in that fucking helicopter, which I paid for with my hard 
>>earned tax dollars, and do your fucking job"
>
>Do bear in mind that the bent diver is one of those folks who have
>figured out how to get away without paying any taxes to Washington;
>hopefully this doesn't affect any USCG decisions about whether to fly a
>helicopter at mucho $$$ per hour airborne.
>
>(But before you decide to move north: Ottawa takes an even bigger
>bite out of your pay than Washington.)
>
>The big problem is that the diveboat in this situation is stuck in a real
>cleft stick.  The decision that's right for the diver in the water is not
>the right decision for the bent diver who needs to get to a chamber NOW. 
>What would you have been saying if they stayed onsite for the diver in
>the water and ran out of O2 before getting the bent diver to the
>ambulance, or even if they lost him before getting him to medical
>treatment?  The one diver needs treatment within minutes; the other can
>very likely afford to chill out for an hour.
>
>This is one of those judgement calls where there's no really "right"
>answer.  Trying to put everyone in the water at the same time with the
>same profile so they're all out together, or by having an inflatable or
>other suitable second boat onsite so one can run in while the other picks
>up divers, would represent ways to stay out of that situation and not
>having to make that call.
>
>Basically you're saying that having painted themselves into a corner they
>were wrong to have jumped left rather than right, and a lot of other
>people are posting messages arguing which of two bad moves were better,
>but it's a better idea to avoid painting yourself into a corner in the
>first place.
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