Brian,

> ----------
> I'm sorry, but having kept quiet so far I feel compelled to
> comment on the nonsense of 'BSAC train divers to breath down to
> their reserve then switch to reserver air supply'
> This is complete BS.....We are trained to surface with 50BAR of
> air in our tanks....Pony bottles are there as an emergency.
> Regards,  Brian Mc
> 
Sounds like the same thing to me.
The policy you describe encourages a diver to use his pony once he's got to
reserve (50 bar) rather than be thrashed by the dive marshall after the
post-dive check.
That 50 bar is not to be touched under any circumstances, even if you've got
big twins on your back in 10 meteres of water :-(

A lot of divers (BSAC) dive with ponys here, and they all look scarily
strokey IMO.
If they simplified things, ran the hoses better and added a decent valve,
then they'd have independent twins, and the general opinion in this group is
that these aren't a good idea.


> Regards, Ewan
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