GrumpyOldGuy
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Like most things scuba, it differs person to person. The best advise is to stick to the recommended time.
Absolutely, but the question who's recommended time? NOAA, PADI, DAN, Pelagic? They don't agree with each other.
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Like most things scuba, it differs person to person. The best advise is to stick to the recommended time.
I have heard it said that if you get bent on an airplane, you were bent before you got on, which makes a lot of sense to me.
I remember reading an account of some research on time to fly, which indicated that technical divers could use SHORTER times to fly than recreational divers -- which has always made me wonder if the problem with flying after diving for a lot of folks is a combination of diving the wrong gas and using poor ascent procedures.
There is no restriction if your gain in altitude is 2,000 feet or less. Since airplanes are pressurized to about 7-8,000 feet, you can fly out of a place like Denver with less of a concern. Similarly, if you take a low altitude flight (say from Saba to Ste. Maarten), you are OK.
Thank you for bringing that up. I did that 2 weeks ago today. 3 dives, 2 hour SI, and flew back to St Maarten with a cruising altitude of 1700', flight time 12minutes. Some of my local buddies think that it was foolish.
There is no restriction if your gain in altitude is 2,000 feet or less. Since airplanes are pressurized to about 7-8,000 feet, you can fly out of a place like Denver with less of a concern. Similarly, if you take a low altitude flight (say from Saba to Ste. Maarten), you are OK.
That's the flight plan I was given when I booked my 3 dives on Saba as well. I sat in the row right behind the pilots on the return flight and watched the altimeter stay at 2,500 for most of the flight.Thank you for bringing that up. I did that 2 weeks ago today. 3 dives, 2 hour SI, and flew back to St Maarten with a cruising altitude of 1700', flight time 12minutes. Some of my local buddies think that it was foolish.
Oh, well.
Like most things scuba, it differs person to person. The best advise is to stick to the recommended time.
Sas, I think this is the report of research you are looking for.
That's the flight plan I was given when I booked my 3 dives on Saba as well. I sat in the row right behind the pilots on the return flight and watched the altimeter stay at 2,500 for most of the flight.
Oh, well.