Dr. Lecter
Contributor
Ditching gear and ascending with a buddy is a good plan.
Sure it is--if your rig is hopelessly entangled in something. That's a terrible plan for a stuck open inflator, involving a great deal of extra risk that's totally unnecessary to solve the problem.
I won't even begin to address the hilarious idea that the diver with the problem will be instantly perceived to have a BC issue and be within grab reach of their buddy when they start ascending due to an inflating BC.