I went into our local TDI shop last night to chat with the owner. I 
talked to him about what if a diver wanted trimix instruction without the 
deepair crap.

He said that the deepair class was basically instruction on air 
consumption, gas management, gas switching, tables, etc. The trimix part 
was really easy, and just a short add-on to the deepair class, and he saw 
no problem with rolling the two classes together and skipping the deepair 
dives, if that's what the student wants.

I guess this shows that the word is out about deepair. He does not hang 
out on the internet, so he figured this out on his own. I don't know what 
he teaches insofar as gear config and decom schedules, but I know him and 
think that he would teach the best way as he knows it rather than the TDI 
way.

   Jim

On 10/8/97 5:37 AM Paul Harris wrote:

>Ewan says:-
>
>>I was lucky to have an excellent instructor (TDI, no less) who trained me
>>without insisting on deep air practical stuff.
>>
>>Here, in the UK, most divers are BSAC, which frowns upon diving deeper
>>than 50 metres (167 fsw), but doesn't accept trimix at all. Ex-buddies
>
>>In order to highlight the dangers of deep air to everyone, we have to win
>>over the training bodies by reasoned argument. Some are receptive some
>>aren't, so there's a challenge.
>
>I'm in a similar situation, the instructor I have used for Adv and Tech
>Nitrox is not going to make me take Deep Air as a prerequisite for Trimix.
>As I need a card to buy the stuff I don't care what logo is at the top - It
>is the instructor I trust - he is in my mind of the 'good guys'.
>
>The current situation makes me reluctant to name him because I don't know if
>we HAVE to do the deep air stuff according the the organisations'
>instructions and therefore put him at risk of having his instructor ticket
>pulled (if that is possible).
>
>It may be that as he knows me, knows the type of diving I do and therefore I
>that am one of the converted. I don't WANT to do any more deep air diving
>because I know that there is a viable alternative.
>
>regs
>Paul
>
>
>
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