Because you're training a diver with far less skill, experience, and motivation (as a generality).cardiver wrote: Why would the training be any different for this rebreather than it is for the ones currently on the market?
Completely different audience and mindset. Typical rebreather training today runs well over a thousand dollars. Sometimes two or three thousand. How many recreational divers do you know who would put out that kind of coin for a training class?
People like to complain today about poor scuba training and low standards. But the market is driven by what people want to buy. The typical recreational diver doesn't dive as you and I do, Ron ... in general the northwest recreational diver isn't typical of recreational divers worldwide. And the occasional vacation diver is by far the largest percentage of divers. That's the pool that the training will target ... just as it does today with OC equipment. The state of scuba training is driven by what people want to buy. That won't ... by any stretch ... resemble what you currently see for rebreather training.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)