Posted by AADIVER on January 10, 2001 at 23:35:28:
In Reply to: Re: Mia Jean Tegner, 53; marine biologist posted by msblucow on January 10, 2001 at 20:08:17:
"Sometimes we get so comfortable underwater that we forget we are riding a tiger."
...and become over-confidant and complacent as well.
Thanks for posting Eric's letter. Postings on this Board blame inferior training and lack of experience as the leading causes of diving fatalities. We're all of us vulnerable to pilot error regardless the extent of our expertise.