Eric Sedletzky
Contributor
This is kind of a silly basic question, but one I wonder about.
All this talk in many threads about OOA situations get's me wondering what the hell people are doing that there are that many people running out of air.
What are people looking at?
I don't understand, people in these OOA situations, don't they look at their gauge?
I fail to see how an OOA can happen with the excellent training provided by all the agencies.
Maybe more people are diving drunk or stoned or hungover and suffer a brain fart?
Or maybe the batteries run out on an air integrated computer half way throught the dive? Or maybe an analog gauge sticks at a certain point and fools the diver. If this is the case you'd think they would be keeping track of the time and depth and realize that you can only stay down so long at a certain depth with a given gas supply.
Maybe a freeflow? but then going OOA would be no surprise; you'd have plenty of warning.
If any pressure guages, either analog or digital go out you'd think that would be the end of the dive and not continuing it until they suck the tank dry.
So, I don't really see how there could be an excuse. Maybe somebody can add something to explain how this many people are running OOA.
All this talk in many threads about OOA situations get's me wondering what the hell people are doing that there are that many people running out of air.
What are people looking at?
I don't understand, people in these OOA situations, don't they look at their gauge?
I fail to see how an OOA can happen with the excellent training provided by all the agencies.
Maybe more people are diving drunk or stoned or hungover and suffer a brain fart?
Or maybe the batteries run out on an air integrated computer half way throught the dive? Or maybe an analog gauge sticks at a certain point and fools the diver. If this is the case you'd think they would be keeping track of the time and depth and realize that you can only stay down so long at a certain depth with a given gas supply.
Maybe a freeflow? but then going OOA would be no surprise; you'd have plenty of warning.
If any pressure guages, either analog or digital go out you'd think that would be the end of the dive and not continuing it until they suck the tank dry.
So, I don't really see how there could be an excuse. Maybe somebody can add something to explain how this many people are running OOA.