After a close call, I now refuse to rush dives for deadlines.

Speed kills in this trade, plain and simple.

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What pushed you to that close call in the first place? Was it a client breathing down your neck, or internal pressure to just get the job done? I've seen good divers make bad choices when the schedule gets tight.

michaelw269d ago

@sean_williams70, you talk about tight schedules causing bad choices... but I've seen it go the other way. A little pressure can actually help focus the mind, like when we had a short weather window off Norway and nailed the dive because we had to stick to the plan. Rushing doesn't mean cutting corners... it means cutting out the chatter and getting down to business. Sure, some guys fold under stress, but in my experience, a tight timeline just shows who really knows their stuff. It's not the clock that makes a diver mess up... it's their own skill or lack of it.