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I'm with ya one the capitalist perspective. A market driven economy, when allowed to run uncorrupted, is the best model for regional growth. Setting standards for labor has been proven as a necessary component for that growth though. Most often the guy with the greatest influence sets the rules at the cost of the guy doing the heavy lifting. In this case it's the instructors.
Look at any global industry right now. People who were born into lower income third world countries are dieing on the job in much greater numbers than their counterparts in more advanced countries where standards are set. Industry standards are a necessary evil, but are always rejected by those the standards would be imposed upon.
As far as building the instructors portion into the costs of the class ... great idea. Tell the class that the instructor is charging extra for his/her spot on the charter boat and see how far that flies. It's the charter boat that's getting the added business and should, therefor, buck up for the spot.
Having some kind of set ethical standard in the SCUBA world would be hard to do and impossible to enforce. Morality is so often absent when money gets involved, but in this situation the booking of spots on the boat should get some kind of compensation.
Bear in mind that's my opinion, and I'm just a SPORE fresh out of the pool.
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