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Heard a kid on a dive boat call a Kirby Morgan a 'space helmet' and it got me thinking
I was on a job in the Gulf last week, and this new tender, maybe 20 years old, pointed at my hat and said that. Back in the 90s, when I started, you learned the real name of every piece of gear before you even touched it. We had these thick paper manuals and you'd study them on the boat ride out. Now it seems like a lot of the new guys just watch a few YouTube videos and they're ready to go. I'm not saying they're bad divers, but the respect for the old school knowledge feels different. Has anyone else noticed the training shift that much in the last ten years?
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jackson.sarah19d ago
Yeah, that's a good point from @margaret_bennett3 about the manuals. But do you think the real issue is just how they learn, or is it more about the culture on the boats now not pushing that stuff as hard?
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