#7707
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From Aikidiver: ...a shop doesn’t have to drink the McNeese Kool-Aid! They can’t make a shop employ these ridiculous practices! Unfortunately the shop I was at totally embraced these practices!
I’ve worked in both PADI and SSI shops and have found those tactics you talk about in the PADI shop in one form or the other. The SSI shop has never tried this, provides gear through certification, suggests equipment to purchase and assists with equipment needs even when purchased elsewhere. We employ SSI, PADI, NAUI and TDI/SDI instructors and divemasters. It comes down to being the shop not the agency. Where I work now is the proof that if you have true professionals at work, the agency is not important as the outcome remains the same, safe, qualified, competent divers.
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