- Messages
- 22,171
- Reaction score
- 2,790
- # of dives
- 5000 - ∞
John, while that may be the way that you read standards in their current form, when I refer to the "PADI way" I am referring to the positions that were clearly expressed by Cronin, Richardson, Hornsby, Graver, etc., when various changes were proposed or made: 50% reduction in course hours; all divers and students must be equipped with an AAS; "Golden Triangle"; primacy of the CESA; elimination of BB; relegating various skills and exercises to specific pool or ocean sessions, etc. There are other items, like requiring specific proprietary textbooks, that I'd describe as "NADSDS way" or the "SSI way."