Posted by Kendall Raine on July 30, 2002 at 13:04:20:
In Reply to: How many times has it been discussed here.??? Wayne......... posted by Bill on July 29, 2002 at 10:05:45:
as many times as there are different points of view, Bill. I don't agree with your implication that the employer bears no responsibility for the quality of its instructors. Without casting stones at anyone, a quality dive store understands that its instructors reflect directly, positively and negatively, upon the store as a whole. Yes, the quality varies in all organizations, but the responsibility of making sure that instructors do their jobs right falls largely on the employer. This is a basic concept in business and law. Arthur Andersen is about just that. It's also common sense.
Wayne's point was smaller, specialty stores, which focus only on scuba are generally more effective at maintaining the quality of instructors than large chains. To me, that's highly intuitive.