Northern red Sea issues

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I was with OC a couple of years ago and was *told* not to wear gloves. They were the same people who told me off for shooting a dSMB on Ras Mohammed when there were about 4 liveaboards and mad crew in chase ribs whizzing about! I had a small knife on my Stab, they were not bothered about that.

Be careful getting scissors or trauma shears through airport security. We had a cork screw confiscated as it has a small knife on it....FFS! My fist could do more damage than that!

Paul

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I was told that there was no need for them as you should be coming up tight on the reef and there was suggestion that it can be seen as a distress signal (It was a red one so not sure how this can ever be true). He was also concerned about fast ascents when deploying them (i.e. he is far too used to muppet divers).  

My arguement was that there were ribs around and I was acting safely so that we did not get hit - I was really quite worried about surfacing I have to say. There were about 4 chase ribs all hammering around with seemingly very little concern for divers.  

I think one of the problems was that none of the other divers on board (all out and out holiday divers) had seen a dSMB before and neither had any of the crew. It was the last dive of the last day so I didn't ever get to discuss it further unfortunately.

Anyone else had this before?

Paul