runamonk wrote:Their instructor will be made an example of and will probably never teach again I'm sure. We can all hope anyhow. What's really strange to me is if this instructor has been doing these kinds of dives with students for a while, you would think at least one student would have piped up at some point and said something to someone about it, word would have gotten around a little bit or something.
Lots of justified emotion and righteous indignation in these discussions, and talk of serious action ... good.Pinkpadigal wrote: ... I have warned people about Dave. For years. No one would listen to me. .... I jumped up and down and warned divers 3 years ago. No one would listen to me then either. .... As bad as this accident is, some good has come out of it. 1. All of us, in all the chat rooms are talking about it. People are listening and realizing how dangerous it really is to go deep. 2. It is bringing attention to "rogue" instructors and is teaching divers to ask questions. ...
Surely NAUI has some process or procedure to revoke an instructor's certificate - and I would think that needs to be based on some level of formal documentation (police reports, etc). It has to be that way in order for NAUI to protect themselves legally because you can't pull an instructor's certificate, affecting their ability to earn an income, without having your ducks in a row to show adequate justification.
I very highly doubt phonecalls to NAUI, word-of-mouth warnings, etc. will work. ](*,)
Can any of you instructors get the real requirements from NAUI?
That's the only way you will be able to do it - and it seems the time is right for that.
My 2 psi.