Okay at the risk of being argumentitive...

I have no experiance in the ocean, therefore I do not belong? Are you saying that there needs to be more certs? one for fresh water and one for salt?
How do YOU determine who is fit to deal with the water?
There are hundreds if not thousands of handicap divers that may require help getting into the water, are they exempt?

See it is a nasty slippery slope... Some if not all of us were ignorant of what thet water hold for us before getting certified. I for one was not prepared to fight the urge to surface radiply the 1st year I was diving. Towards the end of nearly every dive I wanted the surface NOW!
If only those knowledgable of the water were allowed to dive, there wouldn't be so many of us.

Any ways we hijacked this long enough.