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Terry, first, you don't even know who the applicants were/are, I have not ever disclosed that info. Dave and Jim have seen some because I like to prove I'm right to those around me sometimes, but even they don't see them all. Second, how do you know or don't know what I do to evaluate divers skills. Here let me give you a clue, most of the guys who really can do the dives are well known, it is a small circle of divers that do it and just having completed a class doesn't cut it. No one gets on my trips unless I know you or someone I know puts their NECK out for you. I am not talking about all VBtech trips, I am talking about the trips that I put together. These are usually extreme in depth (beyond 300ft) or some other risk like the inside of the "Marine Electric" or the Doria trips. Dave handles most of the other trips. That may be expanded next year so some of the other guys can feel the stress of handling the trips. Sure I would like to see everyone dive a shallow wreck first, but that's not always possible. At 05:34 PM 9/30/01 -0700, terry michael wrote: >I disagree the best way in my opinion to sort these guys out is shallow >wreck to test skill level. Also make them plan some dives along with the >contingences. You'll find many of your deep wreck applicants don't >understand the basics and are a clusterf*ck in the water, even if they do >have all the right equipment. > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Capt JT"<captjt@mi*.co*> >To: "The McLeods"<rmmacleod@ac*.ca*>, >"techdiver"<techdiver@aquanaut.com> >Date: Sat Sep 29 18:18:46 PDT 2001 >Subject: Re: Number of logged dives > > >Randy, I have rejected many divers request to do the deep wrecks with me, > >not based on the logged number of dives they "say" they have, but the way > >they say it, in a matter of just a few emails I can pick out the lairs or > >losers most of the time. If I ask for a reference, you better have a good > >one. I have a list of emails I have saved from divers wanting to go on > >trips with me and I denied them access and saw later that they were injured > >or died on a dive, I can almost always pick them out. > > > > At 08:21 PM 9/22/01 -0300, The McLeods wrote: > >>Hi JT,I know you can't be serious about dive number's.400 ocean dives in > >>the caribean mean's jack shit!The number of dives,or exagerated figures > >>most guy's throw around mean's nothing.The quality of the > >>dives,condition's experieced,skills of the people you dive with and many > >>other factor's seperate the real diver's from wannabees.Regards Randy > > > >"You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the > >water" > >Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more > > Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ > >Email captjt@mi*.co* > > > > >___________________________________________________ >GO.com Mail >Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water" Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ Email captjt@mi*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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