Posted by TechScuba on April 22, 2004 at 22:37:47:
In Reply to: Re: Ya know... posted by Doug Williams on April 21, 2004 at 10:36:27:
What new divers want is the McDonalds of scuba certification. Easy and fast.
Unfortunately the standards setters in Tampa and Ft Carson want us to cram a lot of skills into 5 dives. I have found that you can just barely get it all done with 3 dives on Day #1 and 2 more on Day #2.
There is no way around saving all the fun stuff, like nitrox and boat diving, until the AOW class.