At 11:33 AM 17/8/99 -0400, Tom Mount wrote:
>Who the hell is this guy What is his record and No if he has crossed over he
>will not teach air beyond 51 meters in IANTD programs. In fact I think TDI
>has recently cut there air program to 54 m as is NAUI.

I guess that means we'll soon have an IANTD Instructor who 
doesn't properly understand CNS toxicity, narcosis, rbc
rigidity and microcirculatory damage. An IANTD Instructor
who will continue to demonstrate to students that it's OK to 
dive air beyond 100 metres. An IANTD Instructor who will 
'teach' deep air to 74 metres - I guess on his 'non-IANTD' 
day off.

Congratulations on IANTD's newest instructor acquisition.
It looks like IANTD has managed to break TDI's stranglehold 
on the market for stokes, bullshit artists and narcosis sluts.

Tom. I hope this isn't the one that comes back and bites 
you big time.

rgrds billyw 


>>>> I have over 50 dives beyond 100m and 22 beyond 120m, all on air, my
>>>> credentials speak for themselves. I chose to make this dive for two
>>>> reasons, the first because I teach deep air to a depth of 74m and
>>>> consider it vital to be at the top of your profession particularly 
>>>> if it involves an element of danger,

                  ---------  Mark the Nark Andrews


>-----Original Message-----
>From: bdi@wh*.ne* <bdi@wh*.ne*>
>To: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*>
>Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; Christian Gerzner
><christiang@pi*.co*.au*>
>Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 6:21 PM
>Subject: Re: Darwin Award winner???
>
>
>>Tom, something that should be of concern to IANTD....
>>
>>>> From: Mark Andrews <extreme@de*.fr*.co*.uk*>
>>>> Subject: Response to deep air dive issues
>>>> Date: Friday, 13 August 1999 15:59
>>>>
>>>> I have read with some interest but mostly sadness.on the 
>>>> topic of my recent record air dive.
>>>> ....
>>>> Freedom of choice is one of the great things our fore 
>>>> fathers died for and is often taken for granted, I choose 
>>>> to live my life on the edge and long as I don�t drag anyone 
>>>> else over with me what harm can I do?
>>>>....
>>>> I am an instructor for the following agencies: PROFFESIONAL 
>>>> SCUBA ASSOCIATION, P.A.D.I, T.D.I and am currently crossing 
>>>> over to I.A.N.T.D,

>>>> I have over 50 dives beyond 100m and 22 beyond 120m, all on 
>>>> air, my credentials speak for themselves. I chose to make 
>>>> this dive for two reasons, the first because I teach deep 
>>>> air to a depth of 74m and consider it vital to be at the top 
>>>> of your profession particularly if it involves an element 
>>>> of danger,
>>
>>
>>Tom, I just wondered, when this guy crosses over to
>>IANTD, if you are going to permit or even sanction him
>>teaching deep air to 74 metres.
>>
>>Is this guy going to be able to call himself an IANTD
>>instructor and offer deep air training to 74 metres
>>in the same advertisement (or in the same breath)?
>>
>>How can you prevent IANTD from being guilty by
>>association with this selfish loop, if not by refusing
>>to allow him to cross over?
>>
>>regards       billyw
>>
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