Unfortunately personal responsibility is not longer the rule but rather the exception. That being said, that, may be the first thing lost to todays global society, the next is , without a doubt, succumbing to the greed of the individual/business. Striking a "happy medium" is truly the tightrope we walk. Unfortunately the DM/Instructor is often the middle man/woman. Caught between the demands of the diver and the boat/shop owner. What diver here, is willing to accede their dive to the proclamation of the DM? Too many of us, especially me, would tell the DM to "take an emtpy tank and make the final dive."

I am in agreement that too many individuals are diving that have no business doing so. We have done much to make this sport VERY safe. We may have done too much. So much so, that the new diver has no fear. Who was it that said "no fear, is the scariest thing"?

My 2kg. worth.......