There a *LOT* of room between week end BOW course and the 100 Scripps course.
Churning out barely trained divers in order to sell them their first set of gear hasn't been all that great for the industry.
How many of these new divers scare themselves silly on their first dive out side of class and throw in the towel?
How many just don't really have any fun because of their lack of confidence and quit diving?
Fewer, better trained divers that actually keep diving will, IMO help to grow the sport, as current active divers are the main evangelists for the sport.
100 hour classes for everybody? Probably not, but it's hard to argue that longer, more though classes have no merit.
Tobin
When did I say anything to lead anyone to think I disagree with any of that?