Would you be willing to take the time to answer two questions?
1. What is it that bugs you about the diving community? I suppose it is the training course offered by padi and naui, like drysuit, deep diving and even the adv open water trainng was just not worth the money, i had a instructor who was great and did make it a learning exp, but the material in the books really was a joke, the basic scuba, nitrox and rescue level diver course were the only courses worth the time and money, everything else offered was really not worth the time, the course are all about money I dont know how many times I have heard ooo he is a master diver and he barely has a 100 dives and has passed the course but hasnt reall y done [ at ] #$ for diving. Besides take a few test and drop some big bucks down. The standards are way to low, Dont get me wrong DAN has some great courses and im involved in tdi adv nitrox right now and seems to be top notch. I dont want to say ALL master divers are worthless It not true because, some have hundereds and hundreds of dives and are great divers, but those divers probally would be great dives without that title.
2.What bugs you about walking into a scuba diving shop? The thing that bugs me is the turnover rate, I hate to see good people move on and a new face show up, and it is mostly because diveshops want to pay 12 or 14 dollars a hour and no medical!!! it isnt a livable wage, I understand the Biz is tough, but the price shouldnt be paid by the employees. Most people who own a any type a operation want the most work for the least amount of pay, so they can increase their profits. But a employee in this industry should not have to live on food stamps to eat.
3. Is there any aspect of scuba diving that really bugs you or you hate? The lecture one gets as a solo driver from other divers, about what they feel is safe. I take responsibility for myself (and onlymyself) in the water and I expect no one to bail me out when i am not prepared or did not plan ahead. For me every dive is a solo dive with or without dive buddys