09 Sep 95 20:24, Lee Bell wrote to Monte Rinkenbaugh:
 ->> I dont know who you got your Instructor certification from but the
 ->> PADI way I was tought and firm believe in is that a mask on the
 ->> forehead is a sign of distress. I call people who have this bad habit
 ->> " Aviator Diver " and I tell them they should take flying lessons
 ->> rather than scuba lessons...
 LB> My wife was taught this from PADI as well.  What I don't understand is
 LB> why someone would decide this was a sign of distress.  Care to explain?
Some folks thought that divers in distress put their masks on their 
foreheads. It's been my experience that they don't......they throw them away. 
 All they want is to get it off their face.  The reg gets spit out at the 
same time.
Jay
PADI M-9033
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