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George, its true that we do need the legitimacy of an agency, for insurance and also to be able to issue students with recognised c cards, so that they can buy gas. In the UK we have been concerned at the lack of groups such as yours to provide training for the right people, and also the fact that all tech agencies are really American, and 'though they call themselves internationalm really can' ttalk metric. So, since we figured it looked quite easy, we've formed our own, British, agency, known as the British Association (of) Nitrox Divers, Instruction and Technical Solutions (BANDITS). Since we all hold tech agency instructor cards we will continue to offer these mainstream certifications to students who want them, but confidently predict that soon demand for BANDIT qualifications will be high. Our aims are to teach best available practices based on sound theory and practical experience, to sack students who don't understand simple stuff and not to allow anyone that whinges about the cost of trimix on the dive. We also want to strap loads of gear on and leap into the sea, and other deep places, often (hence the other solution to the acronym _ Baldies And No-hopers Diving In The Sea_*) Wish us luck! Martin, Chris, Stuart, Phil, Andrew and Pete *acknowledments to Helen In your message dated Tuesday 12, September 1995 you wrote : > > Raimo, I can empathize with the fact that you > instructors need an agency with insurance, etc. > I also recognize that instructors like you and > Jarrod Jablonski, and others are teaching this > stuff properly. This is because you do it your- > self, and know what you're doing. > > What all of you guys with credentials like > Raimo's need to start doing is insisting that > the agencies become consistent and coherent in > their policies and training. As a group you > have the clout, and therefor the responsibility > to straighten these agencies out. > > All of you know the physiological consequences > as well as the risk potential of deep air. All > of you know the consequences of too high a PPO2. > All of you have been diving in current and know > the penalty for squirrley gear. All of you know > that the oil companies and other commercial > diving entities have done this experimenation > for you and documented it quite well. > > My question is, when will your agency discover > this? Your risk is that they discover it in court. > > - George Irvine > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Martin Smith deep blue diving ltd EMail martin@de*.de*.co*.uk* voice 01344 421545 fax 01344 862231 | | Mail sent via Demon Internet - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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