Phish-phood
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My concern would be that if he could blow off your ascent signal would he do the same if he were a working DM looking after a group of divers.
In this case it worked out okay for both of them because both were experienced divers. How did the DM know that you weren't having a problem and needed to ascend rather than just wanted to for safety reasons and more to the point how did he not recognise the safety issues here? Is he going to say to novice diver who isn't comfortable on a dive - I'm not taking you up because I have loads of air?
If as you think he continued with the dive in an effort to salvage his pride after having messed around at the surface and causing you to miss the wreck as a result is he likely to do the same in similar situations and with divers of less experience?
Personally as a novice diver I would not want to dive with a DM who was going to break the most fundamental 'rule' of diving because of his stupid pride. Pride is a dangerous thing and should be kept in check when diving. As a DM he is supposed to be a professional but nothing you've said about him indicates any sort of professional attitude!
In this case it worked out okay for both of them because both were experienced divers. How did the DM know that you weren't having a problem and needed to ascend rather than just wanted to for safety reasons and more to the point how did he not recognise the safety issues here? Is he going to say to novice diver who isn't comfortable on a dive - I'm not taking you up because I have loads of air?
If as you think he continued with the dive in an effort to salvage his pride after having messed around at the surface and causing you to miss the wreck as a result is he likely to do the same in similar situations and with divers of less experience?
Personally as a novice diver I would not want to dive with a DM who was going to break the most fundamental 'rule' of diving because of his stupid pride. Pride is a dangerous thing and should be kept in check when diving. As a DM he is supposed to be a professional but nothing you've said about him indicates any sort of professional attitude!