Not at all just people with poor buoyancy skills regardless of configuration
I apologize, I misunderstood your reference. I agree with you completely on that sentiment.
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Not at all just people with poor buoyancy skills regardless of configuration
I've read some of the facebook stuff. The platform seems to encourage more short responses. Which seems not conducive to productive conversation. Just my take. Or it could just be a more visible platform + short responses. Agree on it having more noise.There is a lot more nonsense in various diving groups on Facebook and what you see here
Not a problem. I should’ve been more clear .I apologize, I misunderstood your reference. I agree with you completely on that sentiment.
When I see peoples questions about really basic stuff and I see the responses I shake my head at the implication of the extremely low level of training from which these questions and answers are basedI've read some of the facebook stuff. The platform seems to encourage more short responses. Which seems not conducive to productive conversation. Just my take. Or it could just be a more visible platform + short responses. Agree on it having more noise.
How did they recognize it?PADI now recognizes a modified configuration, and there is a growth of new instructors in the ranks. It is the old farts that can't seem to change...
From exerience with someody whom I know, by refusing to allow somebody to do OW in a BP/W, and then complaining bitterly when that person turns up for AOW in a BP/W. And the mumbling and accusations about the long hose were a true joy to hear.How did they recognize it?
How did they recognize it?
- Alternate air source – Spare mouthpiece that provides an easy way to share air in case you need to help another diver. Sometimes the alternate second stage is built into the inflator on your buoyancy control device (BCD).
- An under-the-arm hose option for the second stage is available for a few models.
If memory serves me correctly, there was an article in one of their training journals about primary vs alternate donate a couple years ago.I found the following on PADI's gear information
From those it would appear that PADI must be allowing Primary Donate.
Yes. BTW ‘CESA’ isn’t a BSAC taught skill. For sure there are unreported incidents but on club organised dives it is the responsibility of divers to report what happened and for the Dive Manager or Diving Officer to submit an incident report. If someone dies then people notice. You can find the annual reports on the BSAC website , they are worth a read.So if two people struggle to free the octo but eventually get it out and both breathe off that tank as they slowly ascend, that's a success, but if they give up and do a CESA, even if they survive that's a failure? That makes sense; just trying to understand. I like the idea of collecting this info, but I'm curious how many minor incidents might go unreported.
So do you do the recommended BP&W and be a poser or do you buy what the LDS shop pushes and get the inevitable "why did you spend all that money on a jacket when a BP&W works so much better"?