St. Abb's : Safe To Dive!

Hi All

At a recent inquest some comments were made about the suitability of St
Abb's as a dive site. The following joint statement was issued by the main
UK diving agencies on Friday -

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On behalf of BSAC, PADI, SAA & SSAC we would like to respond to questions
which have been raised regarding the suitability of the St Abb's area for
diving and training of less experienced divers.

Throughout the history and development of the sport of scuba diving in the
UK, St Abb's has been consistently and reliably used as a safe diving
location for all levels of diver from complete beginner under the first
stages of training upwards.

The popularity of the location and the wealth and diversity of the diving it
offers led to it's establishment as the UK's 1st Voluntary Marine Reserve. A
move that was supported and applauded by us all at the time and continues to
receive our undivided and unequivocal support.

Views expressed recently about the suitability of St Abb's for any level of
diver by any individual in no way reflects the views of any of the above
organisations and is not supported in any way by us to the extent that we
totally refute and disassociate ourselves from any such claim.

BSAC, PADI, SAA & SSAC are totally and completely committed to ensuring safe
diving for not only our members but all divers and would not support
anything which posed a risk to those divers. We are of the opinion that,
providing divers adhere to their training and take suitable safety
precautions, or Instructors charged with training divers in their care, that
not only is St Abbs a safe location but it is ideally suited to use by entry
level divers.

Signed on behalf of

BSAC Lizzie Bird, National Diving Officer
PADI(UK) Mark Caney, Director
SAA Dave McKay, National Diving Officer
SSAC Rab Ronaldson, National Diving Officer
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A good example of the agencies working together IMHO.

Regards

Keith L

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> A good example of the agencies working together IMHO.
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> Regards
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> Keith L
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Good news! Goes to show, begs the question how much of an expert this
"expert" witness was! I've been diving in St Abbs and loved it!

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> A good example of the agencies working together IMHO.
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> Regards
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> Keith L
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*nod*

More of the same is all that's required...

CAS
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"CAS" <calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote ...

> > A good example of the agencies working together IMHO.

> *nod*
> More of the same is all that's required...

It's been going on for years actually CAS, there isn't any of this "my
agency is better than your agency" cr*p at the top management levels, we
HAVE to work together. The St Abb's statement is just the most recent public
example of this, it's going on all of the time dealing with organisations
such as the MCA and HSE to name but two. Ties are getting closer as well,
the agencies help each other out on all kinds of things.

Regards

Keith L

"Keith Lawrence" <false@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:3fb0b39d$0$52885$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk.. .
> "CAS" <calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote ...
>
> > > A good example of the agencies working together IMHO.
>
> > *nod*
> > More of the same is all that's required...
>
> It's been going on for years actually CAS, there isn't any of this "my
> agency is better than your agency" cr*p at the top management levels, we
> HAVE to work together. The St Abb's statement is just the most recent
public
> example of this, it's going on all of the time dealing with organisations
> such as the MCA and HSE to name but two. Ties are getting closer as well,
> the agencies help each other out on all kinds of things.
>
> Regards
>
> Keith L

No disagreement there... I was merely alluding to the possibility that with
more of these public displays of cooperation the sentiment displayed by the
top management will filter down through the rank and file...

....maybe!

CAS (stuck in his own little idealistic world...)
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