This information came from a PADI meeting in Pattaya, Thailand in which the PADI representatives discussed changes to their technical diving classes. At the time of this article, I do not know if these changes will be PADI worldwide or they are only PADI Asia. These are purposed changes and not currently the standard. The interesting thing I took away from this is that PADI, once again, is making it easier for people to enter their technical diving program. Instead of focusing on firming up their education, they listen to the marketing team. [Read more...]