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The dive boat issues have already been beat to death but I'm a little
puzzled over this concern over whether or not NE dive shops will "honor"
GUE certification cards for gas fills. I used to get trimix fills from CA
dive shops without having any "trimix" card at all. Now I have a GUE card
but no one has ever asked to see it. In my experience if you walk up to the
gas mixer and tell him exactly what you want like you know what you're
talking about no one will give you any hassle.

If you really want to get some changes made then join with a few friends
and set up your own fill station. Commercial gas suppliers don't care about
silly c-cards. Do all your own tank fills, buy all your gear mail order,
and make sure the dive shop monkeys that have treated you badly know why
they are no longer getting your business. Money talks and when they see
they are losing money attitudes will change real quick. On the other hand,
if you guys continue to put up with crap then that is what you will
continue to get. Do you enjoy pounding your head against the wall?

As for GUE having liability insurance (and it does have insurance), the
only reason shop owners or boat captains should even care about that is if
a GUE instructor were to teach a class using their facilities. If shops and
boats are turning you guys away as paying customers they are just trying to
sell you more classes or advance a particular political agenda. Insurance,
or any hypothetical lack thereof, is not the real reason and using it as an
excuse is just a pathetic attempt to confuse the issue and lead the
misinformed astray. Even prospective GUE students should not care whether
their instructors have insurance or not, and any student who does care is
really barking up the wrong tree. We are not going into classes with the
fear that we might die.

-Nick


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