> Jay why should a charter require you to show your c-card when it has
 > almost become meanalise (one dive cert orgazion is cert. divers that
 > can't even swim). All the cert. orgazions want is your money and compeat
 > with each other for it. They all have lowered their standards for
 > divers. Also it has happen when a dive instructor does not cert. a
 > prospeced diver the owner of dive shop fires him. (This does not happen
 > everywhere or very often) But it has happen.
I'm not trying to support anyone, but as scuba equipment gets better and more 
advanced, the standards can be lowered.  It used to be you had to know how to 
swim, now they have BC's that provide your buoyancy.
As regulators get better, the physical requirements allow a broader variety 
of individuals to enjoy diving.
Again, you need to look at this as diving is evolving into SPORT RECREATIONAL
diving, not commercial diving or military diving as it once was.
My 0.02.
Beery
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