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Jim, some people enjoy taking people on a Sunday afternoon "history walks" or "nature walks" - other people enjoy teaching Scuba. And some people are so self-centered that they can't imagine someone not needing a fiscal reason, e.g. >They all do it for free dives, 1. My only "free dives" are in a local lake with a handful of Assistants or co-instructors while watching (and being legally and morally liable) for the well-being of a group of students and staff. These "free" dives are taking time away from the "real" dives I'd otherwise be doing. > money on the side, 2. By the time one pays annual instructor renewals with NAUI, DAN, TDI (fill in your usual combination of agencies) - and $600 liablity insurance, there simply IS no money on the side. > free/cheap trips, 3. Sorry - I run a software business. I just have no time for trips - free, cheap or otherwise. And WHEN I go on vacation, I'd certainly don't want to be responsible for a herd of customers. > nailing babes, whatever. 4. Happily Married - Thank You. > Most are pitiful narcosis junkies trying to > find a way to sustain their steady supply of high PPN2's. 5. Recreational dive instruction is limited to 100 ft - and 99% of all training dives don't even reach 60 ft. Your statement blatently disregards all facts. (Besides, gas narcosis is not limited to PPN2.) Bottom line - very many instructors teach because teaching is THEIR hobby, it gets their mind of day-to-day problems, they enjoy the interaction with other people, they enjoy the sparkle in people's eyes when they come back from that very first dive in 10 - 15 feet visibility, they enjoy getting postcards from their former students and often gaining new friends. Yes - I am doing it for MY benefit, and MY benefit only. Because, I consider it personally VERY rewarding. Socially - NOT financially. Andy (not a PADI instructor, but bubbles don't have any agency logos printed on them) > The reason I laugh is that I have never seen a "higher reason" instructor > yet. They all do it for free dives, money on the side, free/cheap trips, > nailing babes, whatever. Most are pitiful narcosis junkies trying to > find a way to sustain their steady supply of high PPN2's. > > Jim > > On 12/10/97 2:55 PM Jeremy Downs wrote: > > >The only instructors I know of that can make a real living at this are the > >shop owners and managers where they can generate the profits off of new > >sales. Most guys I know teach in their spare time and if you add up all the > >costs & time associated with being an instructor you end up operating for > >the equivalent of minimum wage. Obviously part time instructing is not a > >real career choice but rather a way to introduce new people to this great > >sport and cover the costs associated with being active in this sport (the > >"get the wife off my back when she sees the checkbook" idea). > > > >Figure the average instructor makes $75.00 off each ow student and you have > >four to six students in a class (average) thats $300.00, now figure in all > >the costs of personal gear, materials, licensing & insurance. Now divide > >this by the actual hours it takes to teach a class. Enlightening 'eh?? The > >only people making a real profit are the shop owners, they get a cut off the > >dive class and they get the gear sales. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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