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From: "Shimell, David (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*>
To: scubadiverca <scubadiver_ca@ya*.co*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: RE: BSAC 1999 Incident Reports
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 02:58:26 -0800
>I look forward to when helium is accepted.

Me too.  However, BSAC tables and the state of the "extended range" courses
are so way off the mark, I think it could take some time to get there.
Scary, really as BSAC is one of *the* best recreational training
organisations.

David Shimell
Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> 
Project Manager, IBM NUMA-Q, Sequent Computer Systems Limited,
Weybridge Business Park, Addlestone Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT15 2UF, UK
registered in England and Wales under company number: 1999363, registered
office as above

-----Original Message-----
From:	scubadiverca [SMTP:scubadiver_ca@ya*.co*]
Sent:	Thursday, January 13, 2000 1:05 PM
To:	techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject:	RE: BSAC 1999 Incident Reports

I realise the recreational nature of the organisation,
but 50m on air? That depth on air is just asking for
trouble. I look forward to when helium is accepted. 

scubadiver_ca

--- "Shimell, David (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*>
wrote:
> I suspect that the term "air" is used as generic.
> 
> You have to remember that the BSAC is fundamentally
> a recreational diving
> organisation.  "BSAC dives" are those up to 50m and
> involving no more than 20
> minutes of deco in any one day.  Despite rejecting
> Nitrox initially, BSAC
> then adopted it.  It has not adopted Helium-based
> mixtures.  So, a 50m air
> dive would be within the range permitted by BSAC.
> 
> David Shimell
> Email: shimell@se*.co*
> <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> 
> Project Manager, IBM NUMA-Q, Sequent Computer
> Systems Limited,
> Weybridge Business Park, Addlestone Road, Weybridge,
> Surrey, KT15 2UF, UK
> registered in England and Wales under company
> number: 1999363, registered
> office as above
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	scubadiverca [SMTP:scubadiver_ca@ya*.co*]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 13, 2000 12:54 AM
> To:	techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject:	Re: BSAC 1999 Incident Reports
> 
> List,
> 
> Out of curiosity, is anyone aware if in the report
> the
> term air is used as the generic term for gas or for
> air itself? If the latter is true, it seems like air
> has been taken to deeper depths than it should have
> been in many of the cases stated. I only ask as the
> specific gas mix is named in a few of the incidents.
> 
> 
> Safe Diving
> 
> scubadiver_ca
> 
> --- "Shimell, David (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*>
> wrote:
> > All
> > 
> > Of interest to some, the BSAC 1999 incident report
> > has now been made
> > available on:
> > 
> > http://www.bsac.com/techserv/increp99/intro.htm
> > <http://www.bsac.com/techserv/increp99/intro.htm> 
> 
> > 
> > David Shimell
> > Email: shimell@se*.co*
> > <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> 
> > Project Manager, IBM NUMA-Q, Sequent Computer
> > Systems Limited,
> > Weybridge Business Park, Addlestone Road,
> Weybridge,
> > Surrey, KT15 2UF, UK
> > registered in England and Wales under company
> > number: 1999363, registered
> > office as above
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