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Post subject: Dive Alive
 Posted: May 07, 2007 - 10:08 PM
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Blenny
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I just read the article (http://www.divepro-info.com/Article557.htm) and had a peek at the website as well. How scary is it to read:
"During last year's two-day Spiny Lobster Sport Season, one of the most popular summer boating and diving events in the Florida Keys, five people died and numerous others were injured in what should have been preventable situations....."
Actually, think about it for a moment!!! You realise what that indirectly says about the state of scuba training this days?? Basically that it is crap, garbage, not up to par... the selfregulation of the industry failed  !
It continues: "...Public Agencies came together to address this growing crisis. The result was creation of the Florida Keys Safe Diving Initiative (FKSDI) sponsored by US Coast Guard Sector Key West, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, spiny lobsterthe Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Florida Keys Community College (FKCC), the Key West Police Department (KWPD), and the Lower Keys Medical Center (LKMC).
The mission is straightforward: prevent unnecessary SCUBA diving and snorkeling deaths in the Florida Keys through aggressive coordinated multi-agency public outreach and education...."
It literally drives the "ball" home, saying it needs all this agencies now to get a handle on the problem and prevent something from being happening again what shouldn"t have occured in the first place.
If 5 people die and unspecified numbers of divers get injured in a 2 day event due to seemingly "forgetting" all rules and training over a couple "bugs" the training must have been way below standard and the care for clients at involved operations in the Keys obviously sub-standard as well.
Looking at it carefully you will notice, not one training agency is involved in the initial initiative. Is it denial, ignorance or did Florida legislation actually did the first step to come away (at least on state level) from the highly praised self regulation?
If you have any thoughts about it, lets hear them! Most likely not, it seems that diving professionals have from year to year own thoughts and rather just "daddle along" with rather less than more skills this days 
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Post subject: RE: Dive Alive
Posted: May 07, 2007 - 11:08 PM
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Site Admin
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did work in florida (even if not in the keys, doesnt make a difference) experienced the 2 day "mini season" myself as well as the "normal" lobster season. and yes it is madness! especially the mini season. while i see your point and happily agree to a good part, i have seen seasoned divers with several 100 logged dives and c - cards well beyond open water and aow getting reckless (to give it a nice name) to absolutely insane. we had to pull dm's and instr's. to the surface with force cause their tanks hit 100psi!!!!
but i have to admit, thats the exeption. the real problem are new divers getting into the "hunting fever" and training is suddenly just forgotten.
one prob might be that dive ops are not required to have guides down with the divers. we used to have that as company policy and during mini season on a 4:1 ratio. trust me, even there it is like watching a "bag of flees".
so end of it - yes part of it is training and experience, the next best thing would be to get rid of this stupid mini season as a measure to avoid this kind of madness. sure that wont be heppen at all, there is to much money in this couple days.... |
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Post subject: RE: Dive Alive
Posted: May 08, 2007 - 02:44 AM
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Blenny
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Gawd, a tricky topic.
It's all the fault of this tricky, cheating, anti diver, enemy of the human race, craving for world domination lobsters! And naturally their puppet brainwashed, mind controlled training agencies!
Does that make any sense? I hope not, if it does you shouldn't be diving! |
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Post subject: Re: RE: Dive Alive
Posted: May 16, 2007 - 07:59 AM
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Steve75 wrote:
Gawd, a tricky topic.
It's all the fault of this tricky, cheating, anti diver, enemy of the human race, craving for world domination lobsters! And naturally their puppet brainwashed, mind controlled training agencies!
Does that make any sense? I hope not, if it does you shouldn't be diving!
I couldn't agree more m8  |
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