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Richard Pyle said: >I know that rebreather courses cannot possibly include >100+ hours of in-water time. But perhaps a strict self & agency-imposed >"learn as you go" post-course program for all new rebreather divers, such >that they would not get their card until 50 hours of in-water use. << Rich, While I can sympathize and in many ways agree with that approach, it simply doesn't appear to have any logistical means to be carried out. If say the diver has to wait for 50 hours on the unit to receive the card, does that person commute to the location where training and units are available? Does the person take their unit home and promise to send in proof of their dive time? (Lot of cheating potential there). Do they get a "learners permit" so they can get gas fills? What if they don't send in their updated bottom time documentation? What if someone else still fills their tanks? What means are there to even slap their wrists ? It's a similar quandary recreational agencies have tried to deal with re. recertification. Fact is, there's no way to handle it without the agencies or manufacturers having even greater liability because standards/rules without realistic enforcement are tickets to a lawsuit. If there is a practical way that won't kill the industry before it gets off the ground and will protect new rebreather divers from themselves, tell me and I'll be glad to pass it on.-Dave.
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