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Ryan, while there may be good IANTD or TDI
instructors, these poor guys are subject to the
stupidity of the "standards" of their leaders ( pause
while I wipe off the screen).

For instance, JJ used to be an IANTD instructor when
that dumb fuck Mouth required "deep ai"r as a
prerequisite for trimix. Obvoiusly, JJ did not do
that, but that is JJ - most of these guys are
terrified of Mouth and Gilliam, and will teach you
what they are told to teach, and some ( most ) of that
is so stupid as to be criminal in my opinion.

Why bother with idots? Go to GUE.


>
>So, where do I go as a new diver to get the correct
education
>once my experience level is up to technical diving?
Where is
>mixed gas diving and decompression taught correctly,
and by
>whom?  Is GUE the gold standard?  Are there good
instructors in
>the TDI or IANTD?  I keep hearing that I need to find
good
>instructors and not worry about what organization
they are
>affiliated with, but on this list I seem to pick up
vibes that
>there are systemic problems with certain
organizations that
>should be avoided.  I don't ever want to un-learn
anything.  I
>want to learn it correctly, the first time.  I don't
want a
>backlog of bad ideas and bad decisions to give myself
>"perspecive" or any of that crap.  So where do I go?
>
>My dive shop here is headed by a very intelligent and
extremely
>experienced technical diver and he and his
instructors will be
>my first step, but I don't want to waste my time with
SSI's
>"Deep Diving" or Nitrox classes if I can drive a few
hours to
>the coast and get the real deal.
>
>Thanks for your expertise.  People give you shit
because they
>don't want to hear that they're wrong, but as an
infantry
>veteran and an ICU nurse I know both the horror of
death and the
>gratitude we should feel to the person who tells us
to STFU and
>listen.  Such people are lifesavers.  By their logic
Drill
>Instructors would be more effective if they were nice
guys who
>never raised their voices and protected everyone's
ego.
>
>Thanks
>Ryan McNabb
>
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