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Yeah, you're the guy I'd want as my instructor. I'd imagine the type of students you take on would be those who would also pay for the ideal longer course Angelo described.
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The reality is that PADI is a for-profit organization. A for-profit organization exists for one purpose only: to provide revenue for its shareholders. Which has its pros and cons. Being non-profit and thus not responsible for providing revenue to the shareholders also has its pros and cons. ISTM that not everyone is able to see this.The reality is that PADI has become this bloated, behemoth organization whose primary focus has become the same as with any large bureaucracy, specifically, perpetuation of the organization's influence, and revenue accumulation, and much of that at the expense of gullible, enthusiastic new divers, that they con into buying all their stupid products, and their largely useless and idiotic "specialties".
PADI has s solo course now?!?!
WOW !
They used to be totally anti solo to the core. What happened to bring this change?
There is language in the Self-Reliant instructor guide on solo diving.Hello Eric,
I believe PADI calls their Solo Course, ''Self Reliant'', Which I'm assuming for their own liability purposes, doesn't exactly mean ''solo''
Being totally self reliant is something we should all be anyway.
Your dive partner is only as good as the first time you think you need them, and they're no where to be found, off exploring ''over there'', while you're in trouble ''over here''
In which case, you may not be self reliant, but you're certainly ''solo''
Rose.
There is language in the Self-Reliant instructor guide on solo diving.
It is just marketing. SSI has their program as "independent diver." SDI was simply the first that grabbed the name solo. Had another agency been first, they would have snagged solo instead.
But they DO say alone......Self reliant/independent, is still not saying solo/one/alone.