Well I do not see this thread as being worthy of discussion; I think it should be closed if not removed.
The original post and title are misleading and inflamitory. The linked program is AOW - OWSI, not OW to OWSI. To enroll in the IDC, PADI require the candidate to be 18 years old, have been a certified diver for at least 6 months and have at least 60 logged dives.
The first SB Staff to post was pretty much goading on the ignorant PADI bashing masses, and I for one think he knew the linked Instructor Factory was not really producing PADI Instructors with only 23 days of diving;
Now some are discussing/defending the Commercial Diving Academy's evidently NAUI Recreational Instructor training program which supposedly can produce an Instructor in 30 days from someone who has never breathed off a regulator before???
The only way this makes any sense is if you look at the last four words of the Chairman of the Board's SB Profile Bio; Forty Fathom Grotto Guide.
The original post and title are misleading and inflamitory. The linked program is AOW - OWSI, not OW to OWSI. To enroll in the IDC, PADI require the candidate to be 18 years old, have been a certified diver for at least 6 months and have at least 60 logged dives.
The first SB Staff to post was pretty much goading on the ignorant PADI bashing masses, and I for one think he knew the linked Instructor Factory was not really producing PADI Instructors with only 23 days of diving;
I was wondering what people thought of course like this:
Ask yourself this question- would you allow someone you really cared for to be trained in Scuba diving by an instructor who had only been diving for 23 days?
Now some are discussing/defending the Commercial Diving Academy's evidently NAUI Recreational Instructor training program which supposedly can produce an Instructor in 30 days from someone who has never breathed off a regulator before???
The only way this makes any sense is if you look at the last four words of the Chairman of the Board's SB Profile Bio; Forty Fathom Grotto Guide.