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CAPTZEROOO@ao*.co* wrote: (snip) But you are doing the entire > diving comunity a serious diservice by prompting wives to sue, & testifying > against the instructors & shops. To do so would be inviting Gov. regulation > into our sport. The Gov will not make a distinction between your doing it > right and strokes. They will paint the whole diving comunitty with the same > brush, right or wrong. Valid concerns, but you have missed several points. The government is not interested in regulating recreational activities, maybe taxing but not regulating. They are very interested in industry regulating themselves (see CPSC director Ann Brown's message). A year ago in Miami the USCG held the first meeting with the dive industry to assist in developing a plan to reduce dive related casulaties by 20% the first year. This is as much regulating as the government is capable and desirous of. So far the only responses have been "reduction of shallow water drowning by gear balancing-Dr. William Courtney (see selfrescue.com),financial loss prevention suggestions by the PADI group, and "SAFE AS BOWLING-except for the fatalitie's!, presentation's by DAN". Our industry used to be self regulated, we are now "NON-REGULATED". TDI gets away with whatever they want because the only remaining policing system in place is that of the plaintiff's attorney and the resulting litigation that takes loads of time and a serious investment on behalf of the PA and the surving family. The second real tragedy is that we are the ones that pay for TDI's cheating of the system and narcotic leadership in the long run. The entire instructional staff will be responsible(for years to come)for the lack of standards and leadership being dealt the unknowing public by these greedy anti-leaders. A properly managed suit would provide for the final end to the farse of "GOOD DEEP ON AIR". The dead diver's are an indicator for the need to change. The unfortunate suit is a part of that equation only because our industry has no other means of governing itself. DEMA is a marketing system only now, we resigned the equipment secretariate to ANSI when the real DEMA ceased. The RSTC (alledged training secreteriate to ANSI) will not allow outsiders (non-Cronies) to introduce new or corrective ideas. The folks that attend the RSTC meetings beleive they are there to "self-regulate". They are only present to fill the room and provide body count for a pre-arranged agenda. The family of the victim must make good of this situation by creating positive change that may serve to protect others from being mislead. It took the automotive industry over five years (and many deaths) and several very serious suits to develop an effective program for warning folks not to place small bodies in front of an airbag. The first 6 fatalities occured in 1991. The real turning point was when a very wealthy mother had the expereince of watching the decapitation of her own child from a simple fender bender in the parking lot of a mall. The car companies knew well in advance of that and we all know deep on air is drunk diving. Who's job is it to lead this industry? (snip) Even if you shut down > the slob agencies, there will still be individuals diving deep on air. Once > you go into court you will be opening Pandora's box. Opening the box for dive industry leaders to no longer assume they will not be held accountable for breaking what should be a obvious rule. Reduction of fatalities should be a primary goal of our industry leaders. Fatalities constantly, negatively impact our indusrty.When is the last time ANY of our alledged leaders suggested a change to reduce diver accidents? (snip) you stand a chance of > pulling us all down. with them. Who's pulling who? > > Zero -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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