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It just keeps on getting worse doesn't it? Remember the days of "from Novice Diver to Instructor in six weeks" (or so, can't remember). Davy Koh wrot (thanks Davy): > I thought I'll share some 'good' news I received! > For those interested, the 'Gold Instructor Curriculum' of yesteryears has > come to tek. > For 16 days you get Instructor rating in 10 levels from 2 training agencies. > And get to enjoy tropical Thailand. Value for money. What a deal!! (snip) > Date: Thursday, January 20, 2000 11:47 AM > Subject: NAUI/IANTD Tek-Instructor courses in thailand > > NAUI / IANTD INSTRUCTOR AND TEK-INSTRUCTOR COURSES!! > PHUKET, THAILAND > > Dear NAUI members, > > DivingTravel.Com, Consult Dive International and Ocean Zone Divers are > combining efforts in Phuket, Thailand to promote and run a complete > Instructor and Tek-Instructor package, which will result for the fortunate > candidates in a 10 Instructor levels ratings : > -NAUI Instructor > -NAUI / ASHI Medic First Aid > -NAUI / ASHI Oxygen Instructor > -NAUI Nitrox Instructor > -NAUI Deep Air Instructor > -NAUI Technical Instructor > -IANTD Nitrox Instructor > -IANTD Decompression Instructor > -IANTD Advanced Nitrox Instructor > -NAUI / IANTD Gas Blender Instructor (snip) > Price : 3,780 US$ (snip) Sheeesh, they can't even write proper American. :-& What price on lives? 3,780 US$? What price a maimed, to be rehabilitated diver, a price likely to be much more so than a dead one? I repeat: WHAT PRICE ON LIVES? Having said that its not really the fault of the gullible who fall for these marketing ploys. Which they are. Rather its the fault of their perpetrators and THEY are the ones who have to be hammered, as George would say. So. Does anyone have any clear idea of what we can do to HAMMER? Sorry, I don't, certainly not from far distant Oz, but HAMMER we should. Well, maybe we could all pledge to send individual messages, individually expressed in the strongest terms, to NAUI and IANTD with cc's to the Scuba Publications? An idea and maybe not a good one. Christian -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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