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Hi Capt, I'm not sure how you can say that medical issues weren't issues at hand that had a major contributing factor in the deaths. As recently as the one last week shows, it was a heart attack on the surface that happened. And three of the five Doria deaths. Four of those last six deaths would have not taken place if the deceased had been in better medical shape. My questions still remain unanswered. As the boat captain, what specific things should he do or require of the divers on these trips? What criteria should disqualify a diver or group from being accepted on these types of dives, period? Cheers, Christina www.christinayoung.com On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:23:48 -0400 Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*> wrote: > What level of >screening should / can the captain be responsible for??? What level should >the groups chartering be responsible for? Already the Seeker requires medical > >information, more than the Miss Lindsey ever asked me for. Can they be >responsible if people lie about that, or should they have an EKG machine and a > >nurse taking your collesterol reading at the boat? These are not the issues at hand and bare little in the deaths of the divers. > You yourself have said in the past that they run a good >operation (requires you to fill out a dive plan, have a boat that is superbly >outfitted for those kinds of trips, etc etc etc). Yes, I said this. > Now you are saying that his > >operations needs to be updated, as well as his clientele. Can you elaborate >on this? What specific items need updating and how, and how should he go >about "updating his clientele"? This is a hard thing to do, I did it when I took on the deepest trips the Miss Lindsey runs. In the past they had many close incidents. Even a death or 2. As long as you let divers do as they please, things will happen, as long as you let instructors, Trimix cards, and friends be your shield things will happen. When I began telling the truth of what divers did on our trips, they stopped coming if they were unwilling to change. You cannot dive to the deeper depths thinking you can leave your buddy, cut corners, have total faith in your RB without a back up plan, only care if the diver is not back on time ect........ ect......... Even now, when the boat is chartered by some, they ask I not be one of the Captains.........so they can do as they please, no one to tell what really happens. Everything that needs changing with the Seeker is within Danny himself, the way divers look at the dive will change because of him and no one else. As long as he does nothing on his present course divers will die, he must step up and say this is what you must do.........Let him get on a list or post photos on a site about the 3 going up the wrong line after they were told not to, and not tieing off, but drifting away, bash their ass, see if it happens again, do nothing and it will............. >Cheers, and I hope you can come up soon and dive, >Christina >www.christinayoung.com > >At Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:05:40 -0400 Capt JT wrote: > >--=====================_26101733==_.ALT >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Trey, I could give a shit what you or the other guy says, I checked with >the CG......... TODAY....... to be sure I was correct. I only must walk >300ft from my office to the USCG Marine Safety Office where I work, they >are stationed inside the shipyard I am employed at......... They handle all >of the inspections for the SPV in this area.......... I discussed the >procedure for over an hour with them. Then I called and talked to the >pilots again in EC, NC......got the same answers they gave me at the safety >seminar. > >Sure Danny sucks shit for lieing, everyone who lies does......... Sure he >has the worst track record for deaths........You are the last person I want >to butt heads with, but I will not lie or change the facts of any event to >suit personal agendas. >Clearly his dive operation needs to be updated as well as some of his >clientele. > >There are 2 kinds of Captains, those that have already had an accident and >those that are about to. I have done everything possible to keep the trips >I'm on safe, but that does not ensure it will not happen. Must I endure the >same crap on these list if it happens to me and nothing I did was >wrong..........is that what you plan for me. > >The CG does not know jack shit about diving....... they know about boat >handling ect.......they rule over us Captains, cut and dry. > > > > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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