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>In a message dated 98-02-28 14:06:45 EST, you write:
>
><< As to the garbage quality tech training, or Terribly Deviant
> Instruction(TDI)   available all over the world today, it will be here to
> stay, and I need to do nothing about it.
> It will be the right, and the legacy, of the obese, the foolish, the lazy,
> and  to those too incompetent to make it in the more elite agencies.   And
> anyone, no mater how obese, no mater how lazy, no matter how many drugs
they
> do, will have the ability to get certified by these agencies.  I'm hoping
> that in a year from now, there will be a couple of "better choices", which
> smarter, better divers, can make, in choosing who will train them.
> Regards,
> Dan Volker >>
>
>Are you saying that ALL IANTD instructors teach better than ALL TDI
>instructors??
>
>Or does the quality of the program boil down to the instructor and what he
>teaches??

Raimo,
Sorry, I was just enjoying some cheap shots :)
There are certainly some exceptional TDI instructors. And some exceptional
IANTD instructors.
I've posted many times, the instructor is the most important part of the
equation, for the student.

I'm TDI bashing still, mostly because they are still maintaining standards
which I feel are dangerous, like deep air ---as I think you would yourself.
Regards,
Dan
PS
Actually, I'm getting tired of complaining about agencies---I'll change my
posts to some other topics, if list members allow it :)



>Are all NAUI instructors better than all PADI instructors?? Bashing any of
the
>agencies at this point does no good. We need to identify what Instructors
do a
>good job, regardless of agency affiliation, and which ones should go back
and
>learn to dive before they take responsibilty for the training of others.
>
>Safe diving, Raimo
>

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