wet_blobby
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Interesting article from Oz for all you soap dodgers.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24987063-31477,00.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24987063-31477,00.html
janner said:Interesting bit at the end, Oz is no longer using UK training but still relies on its submersible for any rescue attempt.
Even a pressurised ascent was, arguably, just "play acting"..yes, it was one of the best "rides" going; yes, you had to "keep blowing out, all the way to the surface"; but it certainly was not escape training. It was just a wet, pressurised ascent. Did it bear any relation to an escape? not really, did it add value? possibly.Nutty said:It would appear that RN Training now is just play acting
scabz said:Even a pressurised ascent was, arguably, just "play acting"..yes, it was one of the best "rides" going; yes, you had to "keep blowing out, all the way to the surface"; but it certainly was not escape training. It was just a wet, pressurised ascent. Did it bear any relation to an escape? not really, did it add value? possibly.Nutty said:It would appear that RN Training now is just play acting
I don't have strong feelings either way, but we shouldn't kid ourselves regarding what pressurised training was and wasn't.
scabz said:Even a pressurised ascent was, arguably, just "play acting"..yes, it was one of the best "rides" going; yes, you had to "keep blowing out, all the way to the surface"; but it certainly was not escape training. It was just a wet, pressurised ascent. Did it bear any relation to an escape? not really, did it add value? possibly.
LujonSA said:scabz said:Even a pressurised ascent was, arguably, just "play acting"..yes, it was one of the best "rides" going; yes, you had to "keep blowing out, all the way to the surface"; but it certainly was not escape training. It was just a wet, pressurised ascent. Did it bear any relation to an escape? not really, did it add value? possibly.
SETT was not like escaping, too warm and cosy for that. However it undoubedly did add value, it was confidence building and instilled in us a procedural routine that we hoped would never be called into practice. If, heaven forbid, one of ours went down for every person who got out alive because the automatic reflex 'kicked in' that would be good news; and that success would make the investment in SETT worthwhile.
wet_blobby said:Interesting article from Oz for all you soap dodgers.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24987063-31477,00.html