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Some time ago, Tracey Baker posted a message exclaiming the new
certification she'd just received which made it possible for her to safely
use nitrox mixes outside of the standard NI/NII (32/36%). I recently asked
for a 50% fill into oxygen clean tanks, and was turned down since I don't
have a advanced nitrox course, just the basic IANTD course which I assumed
would permit me access to any mix up to 99% O2/1% N2. Am I the only one who
wonders about and is offended by the blatant money-grab marketing which
surrounds much of the nitrox training and certification. I am certain that
when I finished my IANTD, I was under the understanding that any mix which
did not require O2 cleaning (which at the time was 40% O2) was fully
available. What new revelations about nitrox use are revealed in the
"advanced" course, or, have the courses been redesigned "Padi-style" so
that the complexities of the EAD calculations are now restricted to
"advanced users".

How about sending a message to IANTD and ANDI that courses should be
complete and informative, not watered down versions of a *real* training
session where the students are spoon-fed only half the necessary material
so that yet another course might be attended (and paid for). IANTD and ANDI
are probably quick to criticize PADI for the proliferation of mini-courses
for pay - how about they recognize it in their own agencies.

Comments?

Pat Shaw  [dps@mi*.bc*.ca*]

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