emergancy signal missuse

[Janos]

Originally Posted by scuba steve irl

i know this but the type of guy that the brother is he will ring everyone in the club and tell them i deserted them on a dive .

im just pissed off that the amount of effort that i put in the club . and the fact that i was the only coxn so i couldnt dive .

Don't worry about it. The guy is inexperienced and he panicked. So it goes. It's to be expectd with new divers.

Janos

[hilrosepaul]

I recently made a rapid ascent from 16m @ Vivian; so I think I can empathise with the guy that signalled. I was totally freaked out when I broke the surface, so the distress signal seemed appropriate to me. After making the distress signal, I inflated the suit and filled up the BCD; made my way to the side and waited for assistance.

IMO Give it time for the dust to settle and the guy to get his mind back (I was giving up diving for two weeks afterwards and still get scared of the thought of all that water above me if I think about it too much).

Who knows - In the cold light of day, I'm you may even get an opportunity to put your side of the story.

My 2p

[scuba steve irl]

ah i know lads but just really pissed me off . the brother thinks he knows it all but knows f all at the end of it .

the guy who panicked is a fine young fella .

its just the bro woz his buddy and lukin to blame anybody but him self . its not what we teach in the club . and just as pissed off that he didnt say that i lost him all was fine so fcuk it . thats the way id look at it

[Midnight]

I say apply Madfish's first rule. There are plenty of divers out there who are not dick-swingers or bull-shitters it just takes a bit of time to find them because they are generally the quieter ones just getting on with it!!

[scuba steve irl]

loving you signature ,,, listen think talk

[scubagit]

Originally Posted by Madfish

Well, you brough GI into it, so my advice would be, follow Rule Number One - don't dive with wankers............ (scubagit excepted, obviously)...

Di

Phew good recovery there Madfish.

here's how i saw it.

2 buddy pairs diving as a group. Me supervising group overall.
Assembled group on Bottom, Do a quick count 1, 2, 3 That's great all are pres....Hang on, wheres the youngfella gone.
Into seperation drill Look around for 30 secs, Give signal for all to surface at correct rate.
Get to surface and youngfella is on the boat.
Asked what happened and reply was " My ears were hurting so I came up abit to clear them and when I got em cleared I couldnt see you so surfaced" Not exact words but you get the drift.
Didn't let me or his buddy know his ears were in trouble but like has been said before, it's inexperience, but doubt he'll make the same mistake again.


Steve,
Don't beat yourself up over the ther lad. What did you expect??? After all he had to chip in for fuel FFS!!! Sure them boats run them selves!!!

[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by Janos

Don't worry about it. The guy is inexperienced and he panicked. So it goes. It's to be expectd with new divers.

Janos

Exactly .... I think it's wrong to make the guy feel bad for this. In his mind he was in distress ..... what I think is of greater concern is why, given that he was in distress, was his reaction not to ditch his weight belt?

Mal

[SoggyFox]

Originally Posted by scuba steve irl

myself and scuba git out divin today with 4 others . no1 to cox'n the boat so I volinteered to dry cox . drop in 4 divers as a group scubagit leading the dive .2 mins into the dive 1 of the less experienced divers had trouble clearing his ears leaves his buddy and shot to the surface .

maybe next time you cox, it may be an idea to sit over and around the shot and wait maybe 5-10 minutes before leaving to clear the water from the boat. Its usually enough time then for everyone to of descended and anyone who doesn't to reappear.

as for the over enthusiastic distress signal, i'd let it slide, i'd prefer someone to use the signal than think they shouldn't of.

[scubagit]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

Exactly .... I think it's wrong to make the guy feel bad for this. In his mind he was in distress ..... what I think is of greater concern is why, given that he was in distress, was his reaction not to ditch his weight belt?

Mal

Don't think Steve is making the new guy feel bad. It's just his brother and buddy called him to issue an unwarrented bollocking.
Steve asked him should he have approached at full speed and risk running over divers who had not yet surfaced?

As for his weightbelt, don't know if he was THAT distressed but we may never know the answer to that.

[scubagit]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

maybe next time you cox, it may be an idea to sit over and around the shot and wait maybe 5-10 minutes before leaving to clear the water from the boat. Its usually enough time then for everyone to of descended and anyone who doesn't to reappear.

as for the over enthusiastic distress signal, i'd let it slide, i'd prefer someone to use the signal than think they shouldn't of.

Some very good points there!!