Quote Originally Posted by hbh2oguard View Post
I love the bailout! It's something padi doesn't do or at least the courses I took from them until I switched to Naui. It sounds like you got it easier. I wasn't allowed to have the reg in my mouth and the air had to be off. Not too sure how useful the skill is, except to make sure you know your gear, but it's truly a fun skill.
Yeh, that's the way we did it but when I cracked the tank valve and put the reg in my mouth I must've pulled too far away from the gear and yanked the mouthpiece right off the reg. I agree, the only thing this skill might show is familiarity with your gear and maybe comfort level in the water. If you divemaster by throwing all your gear into the water, letting it sink to the bottom, and then free diving down to get dressed ... then I hope you're not my divemaster! haha!