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Le 1 Oct 97 =E0 11:48, CHKBOONE@ao*.co* a =E9crit sur Lots of deaths:
>
> All,
>
> Every time I turn around there is another death up here in the techni=
cal
> community. George likes to blame most of it on deep air and maybe he i=
s
> right, but I think it goes a little deeper.
> When the tech agencies were first getting going everyone hopped the
> quality of training would remain high and we could avoid the kind of
> reputation the recreational world suffers from. It appears that just t=
his
> year we may well have approached their rate of casualties.
> What the hell is going on here ? Business ! You can not mix busi=
ness
> with training for this kind of endeavor without a strong moral backgroun=
d
Now, why the hell do you think that Europeans take something like 1 year t=
o
train a diver, divers who think nothing of a 30 minute 50 meters dive (on
air)?
Because non-profit clubs do the job.
When flatlanders ask me "what's going on with diving?", I answer, "it's li=
ke
if car dealers were not only responsible for giving driving classes, but g=
ave
out the drivers licence tests, too".
Would the roads be safer if the licences were handed out by car dealers?
So, one could ask the reverse question:
Would the seas be safer if the licences were NOT handed-out by scuba deale=
rs?
Now, you guys can flame about, I don't give a shit (and I've been kicked-o=
ut
from one dive shop for saying the same thing on a local diving list - not =
a
big loss, they sell DACOR...).
- -------- Vive le Quebec Libre! (C. De Gaulle, Montreal, 1967) -------- -
Pour le fond de l'Histoire: http://207.139.182.35/DeGaulle/
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