A friend recently asked me to see if I can come up with an answer to the following:
The aquarium where he works is going to open it up to divers. Similar to Disneys Dive Quest, but only 2 divers and a DM per day. They have a lot of sharks in the tank and the management has decided (in their wisdom) that only people with 25 dives, or over, are qualified enough to make this dive. They feel that a diver with 25+ dives will have good buoyancy and not be flaying his arms about attracting the sharks attention. They are getting calls now and some divers lost their log book, or have only 21 dives, have 25 dives but havent been in the water in 5 years, etc.
This dive will cost $275.00 so the aquarium wants the money, but the phone is being manned and the booking done by a non diver. It is felt that this non diver would not have enough knowledge to ask qualifying questions (I feel that a cheat sheet with a series of questions and ½ hour of training would do the job, but they want to explore a different approach). That approach: What one question could be asked a diver that when answered would prove that he has the experience for this dive?
The aquarium where he works is going to open it up to divers. Similar to Disneys Dive Quest, but only 2 divers and a DM per day. They have a lot of sharks in the tank and the management has decided (in their wisdom) that only people with 25 dives, or over, are qualified enough to make this dive. They feel that a diver with 25+ dives will have good buoyancy and not be flaying his arms about attracting the sharks attention. They are getting calls now and some divers lost their log book, or have only 21 dives, have 25 dives but havent been in the water in 5 years, etc.
This dive will cost $275.00 so the aquarium wants the money, but the phone is being manned and the booking done by a non diver. It is felt that this non diver would not have enough knowledge to ask qualifying questions (I feel that a cheat sheet with a series of questions and ½ hour of training would do the job, but they want to explore a different approach). That approach: What one question could be asked a diver that when answered would prove that he has the experience for this dive?