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"As a PADI Divemaster, you're someone who seves other divers by solving problems, giving advice, lending a hand and making diving more fun." PADI.
On a boat I expect the DM to make sure the boat is squared away, set up and check the roster, and see that everyone stows their gear properly. They should not have to do it themselves.
I have heard of DM's motioning others to hurry up or go over here or over there. And get insistent about it. That is a good way to get a one finger salute and insure there will be no tip. Therefore I make sure when choosing an op that I am allowed the freedom to do the dive I WANT TO DO or I don't use that op.
TimKy:Overkill? Not if you are human. Humans make mistakes and all this type of "hand holding" only takes a few seconds or minutes and has undoubtedly saved countless lives in flying, skydiving and scuba diving. What is the downside?
I never touched equipment without first asking permission and explaining what I was going to do
It would be a lot easier for you to divide by 15 than for the divemaster to keep track of each diver's unit preference, I would think.On the flip side, I had one DM ask if my daughter and I could switch my DC to bar instead of PSI so the whole group would be on the same units... (I said no) My thoughts are if you are a DM, and dont understand both sets of units, you might be in the wrong profession...