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13d ago
inA 30 year diver told me to never trust a tender who won't get wet, and he was dead right
Ray's rule works because it forces a second set of eyes on gear that you can't see when it's strapped to your back. A tender standing on the deck giving you a thumbs up is just guessing about hoses, valves, and seals he never laid hands on. I've seen guys skip the wet check on bailout bottles and regs, and it always comes back around on a dive where you need that gear the most. The real lesson is that shortcuts on the small stuff train you to take shortcuts on the big stuff, and the water doesn't hand out second chances.
14d ago
inPro tip: an old lead told me to stop signing off squawks I did not personally see fixed, and I still hear him
I read a thing from an old NTSB guy who said the paper trail is the only thing that survives a crash, nobody remembers who told who what on the ramp. That stuck with me. If a lead pushes me I just tell him I'll sign once I lay eyes on it, and if that's a problem he can sign it himself.
14d ago
inMy uncle told me to skip the permit for my Academy Acres patio, and the city caught it 4 months later
Feel your pain on this one. My neighbor warned me the same thing when I put up a shed in my backyard, said nobody would ever notice. Six weeks later a guy from the city shows up because someone on my street called it in, not even an inspector just driving around. Cost me $250 and I had to move the whole thing two feet off the property line. Small jobs are the ones that get you because you figure why bother with paperwork for something so tiny. Turns out the permit office does not care how small it is, they just want their cut.