PeterLucas wrote:
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> "Pete C." > wrote in
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> > PeterLucas wrote:
> >>
> >> "Pete C." > wrote in
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> >> >
> >> > Pete C.
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> >> > (Open water / Nitrox and I sure as hell wouldn't be diving there)
> >>
> >> Yeah......... you just run away "Pete C"...... and keep on running.
> >>
> >> Let the real men do the job.
> >
> > "Real men" understand the limits of their training and experience and
> > don't go jumping in doing something stupid where their inexperience is
> > likely to make them another casualty.
>
> S'funny, I would have thought that Emergency Services training was quite
> good over there. It is here.
> And, given your scenario, if someone has just completed a Police Rescue
> dive course, how long should they stand in the background before you
> deem them "experienced" enough to cope with this sort of job?

If that is the actual course just completed, he wouldn't be "just
certified" as there are prerequisites for such courses. Of course our
jam lady may not have used the correct terminology.

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> >Particularly now when it's a
> > recovery operation which lacks the urgency of a rescue that might
> > justify pushing the limits of ones training.
> >
>
> You been tapdancing for long?

Recovery operations only serve to appease the relatives of the victims.
They do not by the wildest stretch of the imagination warrant risking
the lives of inexperienced personnel.

Do you dive? Are you qualified for an overhead environment with strong
currents, near zero visibility and jagged debris to get snagged on? Do
you have the slightest idea what that recovery operation is like? It
sure as hell isn't remotely like a dive on one of your nice reefs.

Pete C.