CAPTAIN SINBAD
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Fellows: I understand that DMs in the industry pretty much work for free or do it for tips. Instructors working for diveshops are not making a lot of $$$ either. In order to understand how this industry works and what pulls people into it, can instructors (and dive shop owners) explain what benefits they get from the shop that they teach for? Besides the nominal next to nothing instructor fee that they would charge per student, do they get things like free-airfills, free nitrox or helium fills, discount on gear, lead trips to exotic destinations for free??? I am just trying to calculate how much the instructor makes per year by putting the monetary value of "perks" that normally go unaccounted for. Id love to hear from instructors as well as shop owners.
Thanks for your input.
Thanks for your input.