After reading about a page and 1/2 of the previous PADI AND THE FUTURE thread, I did have a very serious question:
I am new to diving and this board: I detect a dislike of PADI among the posters? Why is that?
When I was looking into diving I was only familiar with PADI. However the time I needed to get certified within before a trip forced me to use a SSI shop about an hour away in another town. (The local PADI shop's course ran through the departure date of my trip.) At the time, I was uncertian about using SSI which I had never heard of.
I seem to get a feel from this board that this may have been a good thing?????? Do you folks think SSI is better than PADI?
I however felt my SSI class was a bit rushed, and my instructor left us with the instructions to treat our certification like a "learners permit."
Are you down on PADI becuse they are the "fast food" of diving or what?
What is DIR?
Again this is a serious post from a new diver.
I am new to diving and this board: I detect a dislike of PADI among the posters? Why is that?
When I was looking into diving I was only familiar with PADI. However the time I needed to get certified within before a trip forced me to use a SSI shop about an hour away in another town. (The local PADI shop's course ran through the departure date of my trip.) At the time, I was uncertian about using SSI which I had never heard of.
I seem to get a feel from this board that this may have been a good thing?????? Do you folks think SSI is better than PADI?
I however felt my SSI class was a bit rushed, and my instructor left us with the instructions to treat our certification like a "learners permit."
Are you down on PADI becuse they are the "fast food" of diving or what?
What is DIR?
Again this is a serious post from a new diver.