So I was just thinking (which is awesome for me)......... that being an Instructor and certified and fully supported and condoned by my agency to dive with uncertified divers in open water......that the Instructor rating should also qualify as a solo certification. Some may even contend that an instructor diving with uncertified divers has even more risk than a solo dive. Others will contend that if the students have been trained properly, then the risk is less.
Then there is the issue of the almighty dollar....and if that's the issue with an agency then an instructor should be able to just pay the fee and get the card.
For the record, now and when teaching, I always dive a fully redundant back mount pony, carry a back-up computer and a DSMB.
Maybe the better question is…….. Isn’t an instructor diving open water with an uncertified diver technically diving solo?
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Then there is the issue of the almighty dollar....and if that's the issue with an agency then an instructor should be able to just pay the fee and get the card.
For the record, now and when teaching, I always dive a fully redundant back mount pony, carry a back-up computer and a DSMB.
Maybe the better question is…….. Isn’t an instructor diving open water with an uncertified diver technically diving solo?
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