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Thank you for your summary.

When the union gets somebody back to work in this situation, it’s usually because the company has put someone else back to work for doing something similar or even more extreme; say a child or friend of a foreman or manager or a corporate officer. The union says,”You don’t fire people for this...

My statement is based on the newspaper report. “Gauci had just come back from a long work shift,saying she had not slept in 20 hours,however Castillo’s girlfriend tried to convince the victim not to dive, the accused had brushed this off, saying the cold water would revitalize her senses.” I am...

SlugMug is right but not looking at the correct facts to understand the legal decision. A local (and a military person to boot) dies while diving with a foreigner. She said she was tired but this foreigner “pressured” her into going. The magistrate probably knows little about diving, dive...

I learned about IWR years before I leaned to dive; from Sea Hunt. Of course, even if the details were mentioned (O2, etc.), I doubt I would have remembered them by the time I got certified. But the concept was there for me to screw up if the situation had arisen.

Doesn’t the article say he had 25 kilos of “ ballast” (lead)? What for? Would a rebreather require that?

You are right of course. The process assumes the new diver will think to check that 14 pounds is enough and 12 is not; as opposed to thinking “I can get down with 14 so I must be be properly weighted.”

You can compensate for it. But you still have to add enough to compensate for it in addition to being able to get down. Especially for a new diver, testing at the beginning of the dive only tells them they have enough to get down; not whether they have enough to stay down.

The weighting issue the OP and his buddy had was with getting down. My experience is that weighting is usually taught and executed with near full tanks (at the beginning of the dive/class). In fact, proper weighting has to be computed at the end of the dive (with 500 psi). Getting down is not...

I stand corrected on the hospital. I have never seen a life guard but I am usually there in cold months.

There are no lifeguards at the Blue Hole! There is no hospital in Santa Rosa. I have been there with students a couple of dozen times and have had very different experiences than described above. Often there are many rescue diving students and lots of trainers. In January (2018) I was there when...

The correct answer to the original question is to: 1) read the policy, or; 2) call the company and ask. For a normal human, #2 will be faster.

About FFM 1. Appropriate equipment for the use of a FFM includes a backup mask. 2. FFM divers tend to have higher air consumption rates (extra space to fill in the mask, continuous flow over the mask surface to prevent fogging) than when using traditional scuba. If you are talking you will use...

My experience with "insta-buddies" led me to a pony-tank. I am responsible for me so my back up is with me if I have no one else. Consider it! Many of your weight issues will resolve themselves as you acquire experience. At this point the key is to stay calm. With that low viz it is no...

Why would someone be carrying double their normal weight as the article says and Emma Duffy stated? Two extra pounds maybe.

This is not an overreaction. If the dive master is taking the role of assisting divers he/she should be paying attention to divers in need of assistance. Of course, that creates liability issues. That is precisely why they generally do not get in the water in the U.S. I am glad you did get...

I had a similar experience about 174 dives before you did. I have never doubted that I was narc'ed but the CO2 thing was also probably happening. Dark and cold will also cause stress which added to your anxiety. Preparation is the best solution. The thought of the panic cascade effects can add...

I am not a doctor. I am a diver who has had a panic attack exactly one time - scuba diving. From your description that is what you had. I had an overwhelming sense of confusion and loss for days much has you have described. Why? Because nothing similar to that loss of control has ever happened...

I had my first (and only) true panic response on my cert dives doing mask removal and replacement. Since I had never experienced anything like that, it disturbed me for months. It hasn't come up again and did not keep me from diving. It has probably helped me to stay focused when problems came...

I notice the victim was wearing a hood. Was there any sign he was getting a lot of water in the mask?