Got into it with a supervisor on a Gulf rig about decompression times

Tbh I still think about this argument I had with a supervisor on a rig off Louisiana about 2 years ago. He said we could shave 15 minutes off our deco stops on a 180 foot bounce dive because the tables are too conservative. I told him I wasn't risking my neck to save a quarter hour on a job that paid by the day anyway. He got all red in the face and said I was wasting company time. I stuck to my guns and ran the full schedule, but he kept giving me the cold shoulder for the rest of the hitch. Has anyone else had to push back on someone pushing for shorter surface intervals or deco stops?

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victorb1720d ago

That's a real smart way to save the company money by cutting corners on your own health, right? Nothing says "good leadership" like ice-cold stares from the guy who wanted you to take a shortcut to the bends.

robinp7220d ago

My buddy at a dive shop in Key West actually saw this happen firsthand. Guy pushed his divemaster to skip a safety stop to save time on a weekend charter, ended up with a DCS hit that put him in the chamber for six hours. Last I heard the company fired him, but that cold stare from the boss was the real kicker.