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     Katherine,
     
     You wrote <We can then update the scorecard as to what agency is in 
     the lead>.
     
     The concept of an agency scoring system based on the number of 
     fatalities, or lack of them, feels wrong somehow.
     
     Such "one-up-man-ship" suggests insecurity and a need to "prove" 
     oneself.
     
     I take no sides in this "war" of technical agencies, in my experience 
     it is the quality of the individual (diver and instructor) that 
     counts. I do not condone a bad training system and if one of the 
     agencies has serious flaws they should be corrected asap.
     
     By <in the lead>, what did you mean? What's the race?
     
     A training system based on excellence, using only the best instructors 
     teaching only the best students (by recommendation) is the way 
     forward. Let's hope G.U.E. fulfils this.
     
     Paul Larrett


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Subject: Re: BODY COUNT - SCORE CARD TO FOLLOW
Author:  techdive@ea*.ne* at Internet
Date:    02/07/98 20:13


Katherine V. Irvine wrote:
> 
> Been a good week : one rebreather death, one NE wreck death, and one
> South Africa "tech" death. Maybe we can get the details on these in the 
> hope that they do not get immediately repeated.
> 
>   We can then update the scorecard as to what agency is in the lead,
> which rebreather has the higest body count, and what know-it-all method 
> of strokery was used to "exucute" these dives.
> 
>   I can not believe the insurance companies are stupid enough to let the 
> same idiots put them at the same risk over and over and over. Let's talk 
> about these accidents -
> 
     
   Katherine,  why is it you think that any agency is at falt? Had you
looked at the possibility that any of these divers maybe steped outside 
of the boundries that were taught to them. You may be jumping the gun 
alittle early.    John
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