 Age restriction in Canary Islands.
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> I would agree that perhaps Padi 'should have known and done something',
> but on the forms for certing a new diver, there is nowhere to specify
> where the training was carried out, other than who carried it out.
> So as far as Padi are concerned, the diver may well have been transported
> to a location which met local rules - on a cruise ship parked out in
> international waters, or flown on an excursion to mainland Africa - we
> regularly cert people on speciality dives such as wreck at sites a long
> way from our home base - so this is not unusual (tho I doubt your
> instuctors did this of course).
>
> Your best way forward would be to put a QA (Quality Assurance) complaint
> in against the Instructor and or Resort, this will be looked at formally
> and action taken, even if it is only to ensure it shouldn't happen again.
>
I don't intend taking this forward ... just disappointed that Padi in their
response were not interested, and it was a case of ... if provider flouts
law of the land, but meets Padi requirements .. then Padi will take the
money.
This seems a lack of 'duty of care' ........ after all having chosen a PADI
5 star centre form their web site, I expected to have a centre that complied
with all legal requirements ... if something had gone wrong, insurance etc,
would probably have been void .......... which I was unaware of.
Rick
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