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Originally Posted by Notso_Ken
NOPE!!!! Absolutely no reason for a non-related boat to give anything free to anybody regardless. They have their expenses to cover. You just seem to not want them to be able to cover their expenses. Sorry. Life's tough.
Ken
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Hi Ken. Nice to meet ya. I know I'm new here and all, but I'd have to ask ya to show me where I even vaguely implied any such concept. If you own a boat and you want free bookings from someone running regular classes, and you then want to
charge them for the pleasure of filling your schedule then you're expecting something you are not due. If you
are running a fully packed schedule and don't
need the business then tell the instructor no thinks. No harm no foul.
These folks don't make diddly off of their classes as it is anyway. Free air, discount gear, and a free seat with the class on a charter will not pay the bills. The ones I've met have normal full time non-dive related careers and use the classes as a way to supplement their diving addictions.
Sarcasm on Maybe we can get some kind of federal subsidy enacted for dive instructors. If somebody from Guatemala or Panama can run/jump/swim his/her/their way over here and then line up so's they can
legally stick a hand in my pocket ... then our local dive instructors should be able to cut in on that line.
Sarcasm off
Agree with me or disagree with me as you will, but my main interest is in seeing our dive instructors get a fair shake. The good ones do deserve that from all of us. As the operator of a charter service the higher quality of training your customers get the easier your job will be. That should motivate you to be supportive. That said, friends and neighbors, I'm outta this thread. I do enjoy a quality debate, but I'm not interested in a lengthy debate on such a shallow subject and I think I've already pounded on this one as far as I can.
May all your dives come out just the way you plan them too
