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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:11:42 -0400
To: "Porter, Greg" <Gregory.Porter@AR*.Bo*.co*>, FLTechDiver@mikey.net,
     vbtech@ci*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
From: Gozum at IS-TJUH <marvin.gozum@ma*.tj*.ed*>
Subject: Re: Cost of cutting corners
Here is a similar disaster put at heart.

When cost cutting, in this case skipping VIPs for years, means to a tank:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=187933&a=12802611&p=47800291&f=0

What the same does to a reg:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=187933&a=12802611&p=47800295&f=0

Such that canceling a C-card is a mute option:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=187933&a=12802611&p=47800282&f=0




At 08:34 AM 06/13/2001 -0700, Porter, Greg wrote:
>http://www.porter-az.com/scuba/images/petrobras.pps
>
>The Powerpoint link has images of the accidental sinking of an oil drilling
>platform off the Brazilian coast in March of this year.  (450k so decide if
>you can handle the download time).
>
>The text included with the images describes the platform builder's pride in
>cutting quality assurance costs.
>
>Fortunately only hardware was lost in this accident.  The relevance to
>diving is that our price to pay when cutting corners on equipment, training,
>and procedure is a bit more severe.....
>
>Dive Safe,
>Greg
>
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Warm regards,


Marv


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