PerroneFord
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wedivebc:Hey Perrone, welcome back!
So do you think AOW is a little early to introduce mixed teams?
BTW: lets all assume the agency standards allow it.
Thanks for the welcome, but this is an aberration. Just spending some time here this week before I disappear again for the spring. Less posting, more diving.
Considering that many divers choose to take AOW directly after OW, I do think it is a bit early. Asking divers with less than 20 dives to be prepared to deal with a bailout bottle, monitor PO2 on their buddy, maintain a rate of ascent and descent that allows the RB diver to actually stay with them, etc. It could be a bit much for some.
On my first mixed dives, I was so self consumed, the idea of rescuing a RB diver was not in the realm of possibility.