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On Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:23:46 -0700, you wrote: >What do we do about the "captains" who are adamantly opposed to, for=20 >instance, the DIR system? > >What do we do about the captains who take your directive to heart, and=20 >begin by stating that NO ONE dives off this boat without double = bladdered=20 >bondage wings? What do we do with captains who refuse to let soloist = dive=20 >at all? > >What do we do with DMs who bench anyone who doesn't have a snorkel? Who=20 >doesn't carry ditchable weights? Who breathes the long hose? Who has=20 >bondage wings? Who doesn't have bondage wings? > >On, and on, and on, and on... > >I agree that the DIR system is the best in the world. > >But not everyone does, and some of them claim to be captains, and = there's=20 >THOUSANDS of Dive "masters" who haven't got a clue. Do we have them=20 >enforce their views, too? Separating out the legal issue, which I agree=20 >is a good idea for this discussion, do we let every fucking dive shop=20 >monkey work himself into a lather and change dive profiles, based on his= =20 >13 PADI dives? =20 This is the heart of the discussion IMHO. Separate it into logistics & tactics the captain is the logistics expert.. he puts you where you need to be when you need to be there. END...FINI..TH-TH-THAT'S ALL, FOLKS! If it was understood that was his ONLY function, lawsuits against boat captains would be a thing of the past "Hell No! I didn't know he was gonna commit suicide, he just asked me to drive him to this spot..I did that, got him there safely, and was prepared to bring him back if required" If the diver then dies, who's he gonna sue? maybe the person(s) that told him his suicidal behavior was ok, but NOT the water taxi.. Now the self-proclaimed expert who determines what goes on UNDER the water..another story. If we absolve captains from the responsibility of policing diving practices, we ensure we can get transportation to the dive sites, which is something most of us cannot provide for ourselves. If we require them to also determine what is the best way to DIVE, we run the risk of being at the mercy of every idiot that has ever seen a scuba tank and happens to own a boat. Take Care John Dunk o Lake City,Fl o screwloo@is*.ne* ____o_____ -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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