chrisch
Contributor
..... I doubt if the buddy realized the initial problem the op had with operating her BCD and the very conservative ascent rates mandated by the op's computer. ...
There was no issue operating the BC simply that she had been told something that wasn't true. This does not fill me with confidence in respect of the people around her. Why do you say the computer has a very conservative rate of ascent? I am unaware of any computer manufacturer (ScubaPro in this case) that aims for anything other that profiles that are safe and likely to be as safe as possible for the widest range of divers. To do otherwise is to invite litigation after all. If too slow an ascent is problematical the computer would not mandate it. The objective fact that the computer showed a violation is the only objective fact there is as far as I can see. The rest is mainly conjecture on our part.