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I haven't seen anything about TecRec but I have rescued enough PADI Instructors (and to a lesser extent NAUI) out of the water to realize this is a bad move for PADI. PADI is a marketing genius and they know how to spread diving to the masses. They would not undertake TecRec unless they thought they could make a fortune on it. And the only way you can do that is by trying to get as many people doing it as possible. Unfortunately, most people don't have the commitment to make this safe. I think they are going to be pushing tech diving on people that shouldn't be doing it. As far as Nitrox and the safety record for it, Nitrox is safer than air. There wasn't an increase in accidents because they promoted a higher PO2 while diving recreationally and then promoted a 100 foot depth limit so they wouldn't have any trouble at all (A very smart idea from a legal standpoint) You aren't comparing apples to apples. Doing a decompression an/or a trimix dive to 200+ feet isn't the same as a vacation diver doing a 100 foot nitrox dive on a Carribean vacation. This is a bad idea. If you think it isn't, wait a year into PADI's program and you will have all the DAN statistics you want to back that statement up. TB --- Mntr1393@cs*.co* wrote: > Very nice techdiver article. > > I have a question. Do you have any information on > the alleged PADI TecRec > program? People are flaming it, but I haven't seen > anything about what it is > proposed to entail. I wrote the local PADI rep. an > e-mail, but did not get a > reply. > Furthermore, did PADI's entrance into Enriched air > coincide with a > proportionate increase in Enriched Air fatalities or > injuries? You seem to > imply this with your comments. The latest DAN > accident reports do not > provide enough info on the subject. > Thank you for your attention. > Jon Faucher > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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