PADI just gets bashed because it is the biggest. If it went bankrupt tomorrow, these criticisms would switch seamlessly to SSI.
No, I would still hate PadI. Eight years the Clinton administration the right wing talking heads still manage to blame Clinton for everything, if PadI went bankrupt this afternoon, trust me, with their legacy of non instruction and fish ID merit badges, there are decades yet of bashing to be done with the material we already have.
How many PadI divers does it take to screw in a regulator, three, one to read the book, one to ask over and over if they are OK and a third to get the instructor.
How do you know if an instructor is PadI, they have to get a YMCA or NAUI student diver to install their regulator.
Jay Leno cold have a field day with them.
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