The idea for this website is good.
The idea to have Wrolf run it would be need to be purged from anyone's mind
before the mere thought of this caused brain damage :-)


Anyone operating a site like this, in order to keep it representative of
reality and safety, would have to be a highly experieinced and proficient
DIR diver.  And they would need the kind of time on their hands Wrolf
has....sounds like an oxymoron.
Dan





>
> If you can both immunize me against suit, and propose appropriate
> mechanisms to
> ensure fairness (including the natural laws of justice: "no man in his own
> cause", and "hear the other side"), I would be happy to host such a site.
>
> Immunizing me against suit is a simple insurance matter - it will
> just cost you
> some money.
>
> As an alternative, perhaps we can discuss some guidelines for instructor
> selection.  If we can reach some consensus on these, I would be
> happy to post
> them on my website (which has a somewhat wider readership than
> techdiver), as I
> am sure would a number of others.
>
> As a hopefully noncontroversial kickoff:
>
> 1.  Instructor should mandate (whether personally or from
> agency), 132 fsw max
> END, 1.4 max ppO2 on the bottom, 1.6 max ppO2 on deco.
>
> This probably excludes all TDI instructors at this time, since as
> I read it, they
> have no way of teaching trimix without a deep (>130fsw) air
> course prerequisite.
>
> 2.  The instructor should both look at your logbook, and then sit
> you down for a
> quiet chat about your diving, your rationale for diving, why
> these courses fit in
> to your diving career.
>
> 3.  On being asked, they should be prepared to discuss the same,
> and show you
> their log books, including when they completed instructor
> training, and students
> that they have trained.
>
> 4.  Class sizes should meet or beat the agency requirements,
> especially with
> regard to instructor student ratio in the water.  Instructor
> (plus assistants) to
> student ration should ideally be one to one.
>
> 5.  They should come well recommended.  Ideally by personal
> friends of yours who
> you have no qualms about trusting your life to, again.  Who know
> considerably
> more than you do about diving.  Who came back from the course
> praising it and the
> instructor (and boasting a little about how well they did!)
>
> --
> Wrolf
>
> Wrolf's Wreck:     http://www.concentric.net/~Wrolf
> Wrolf's Net.Wreck: http://www.concentric.net/~Wrolf/netmgmt.shtml
>
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