Garloo,
The only "DIR" instructors which exist today are either WKPP team members
who are also instructors, or GUE instructors---so the "universe I am
describing has not much more than a dozen or so members----this is a small
enough group so that there is NO chance any will break standards.
This is NOT to say a new diver in state X can not buy a piece of gear we say
is DIR compliant, and use it. But this will not make them a DIR diver. And
from another post I read, it appears that whoever the instructor was in
question, all they did was facilitate a sale of a few pieces of gear.


There are certain pieces of gear which are "restricted" in terms of a
person's purchase ability.....you can not buy a Halcyon rebreather, unless
you can qualify for the instruction, and pass it. This form of restriction
can not reasonably be applied to all gear. And certainly, there are the
popular mechanics type persons who will actually "build" their own
rebreather from scratch, and show up on your boat or Zero's boat someday,
expecting to be taken to a dive site. They were able to source parts from
100's of different places, and put together a unit that may or may not work
at all. Without training, they should NOT be diving it. They need to prove
this to you guys, or you should not let them in the water from your boat.
Regards,
Dan Volker



> -----Original Message-----
> From: GarlooEnt@ao*.co* [mailto:GarlooEnt@ao*.co*]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 1:12 AM
> To: dlv@ga*.ne*; CaptnDale@ao*.co*; ejsadler@pa*.ne*;
> techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Re: A Call to Arms
>
>
> dan -
> i'll bet i can go back 30 years & find articles in "skin
> Diver" stating the
> same thing about Padi instructors. None of them would EVER go
> against the
> standards.
> are you really so smug that you think that all the people
> that practice a
> particular technique (in this case DIR) cannot possibly DIW
> (do it wrong).
> there will always be someone who doesn't follow directions well.
>
> it has happened in every educational agency - after the
> initial diehard
> followers train more & they train more & so on ---sooner or
> later you will
> have a similar situation as TDI_IANDI & any other alphabetic
> agency you can
> make up.
>
> this is not a put down  of a system Only A realization of the
> realities of
> life.
> hank
>
>
> In a message dated 9/1/98 3:26:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> dlv@ga*.ne*
> writes:
>
> << Subj:	 RE: A Call to Arms
>  Date:	9/1/98 3:26:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>  From:	dlv@ga*.ne* (Dan Volker)
>  To:	CaptnDale@ao*.co*, ejsadler@pa*.ne*,
> techdiver@aquanaut.com
>
>  Capt Dale,
>  The guy who was supposed to be a DIR instructor needs to be
> named----none of
>  us give or gear up new open water students with DIR
> configured doubles and
>  let them go----its just not within DIR.
>
>  I have no doubt we will see many mfg's and dive shops
> "CLAIMING" they are
>  DIR, as it may help drive sales.
>  We may need to keep a list of who in fact is DIR.
>
>  Dan Volker
>   >>
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