Hi Les:

Your points are valid but the problem is a big one.
I do not know what the teaching standards are but certainly if you are doing
3 and 400' dives you should be able to do a drifting deco with ease.

Lack of basic skills on the part of the divers coupled with big ego's and
stubborn operators all exacerbate the problem.  Anchored in, the captain
doesn't have to work as much.  From the divers view, the line represents
security, a Linus's blanket so to speak.  There is little incentive to
change because it is more perceived work for the Captain and the big ego'd
dives might look awkward at first.

Joe




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Subject: Technical training issues/VBTech vs. Nova Tech.


> Hi Joe,
>
> I've been reading this thread and finally decided to jump in because IMHO
the need to emphasize holding your stop while drifting is so important and
fundamental.
>
> Do you know if there is any requirement for agencies to teach drifting
deco for Decompression and Trimix Students?
>
> To take care of the problem it could be made mandatory and be taught right
from scratch and not start people out thinking that dangling on a line is
acceptable.
>
>   I am absolutely certain that most instructors simply consider this par
for the course and don't even have the concept of teaching any other way.
BUT definately not all of them.  My tech career began with being trained to
shoot a lift bag while kneeling on the bottom! and holding onto the line
while decoing.  Drifting for deco was out of the question! and if the
standards don't require it then what's to say anone is not teaching it
right?
>
>   I don't think I have ever kneeled on the bottom since that class so I'm
not quite sure what good it did me.  Honestly i'd rather bury this but I
thought it important to share because the information might just alert new
people should they be missing out on something very important in their
classes.
>
> Perhaps this would be a really good skill to get specific about and
include in all the S&P's out there, :-).
>
> LL
> (recovered line dangler)
>
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