I agree with you there, crash course instructors are not tnecessarrily 
competent and there are more experienced divers out there.  That is why I am 
apprenticing under highly experienced divers, and going thorugh an ITC that 
s
more like being broken down, then tested, then broken down then tested, etc.
However in regards to training and rescue techniques in some agencies these
young divers who have taken there training seriously and advanced past open 
water may actually know a little more about physics, rescues, ecology, etc 
than the old salty dogs who may or may not have fallen into bad habits,,  IE
too long on the bottom, pushing the depths of there certification, without 
understanding the consequences...
Training does not replace experience and experience does not replace 
raining,
they complement each other, while making dafer more competent divers of us 
all.
Stay wet, and dive much..
ejc
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