[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by Steve Jones

I don't think many people have really looked into how fast they can do a shutdown. As Mark points out that it really has to be done quickly, especially at depth. When it is an "Ohhh shit" moment that well practiced drill is virtually useless.

I always had trouble shutting down effectively and my solution was to fit a slob knob, that way I would save half of the remaining gas within 2 seconds of a problem arising. I was fortunate that my SAC was low enough to allow this, others would not be so lucky.

Steve

Steve .. the bit in bold.....is that not the point of the training so that when you get the oh shit moment you instantly do the right thing. "Well practiced" to me, means exactly that ...well practiced and regularly practiced, at a realistic speed.

I think the problem with many procedures of this type is that they are not practiced regularly enough.

Mal