Diving and flying

Flying a spamcan at 1000-2000ft after scuba-diving is identical to
diving in mountain lakes at these specific altitudes (well it's actually
saver because diving in mountain lakes gets you to altidude immediatley
after surfacing, in contrast to flying where some additional time is
needed to remove the dive gear and climb into the plane. Although, I
should try to fly with my dive gear on at least once ;*). Build it in
your dive profile or switch the dive computer to the specific mountain
level if it can be switched manually.

Chris
PADI Divemaster
PP-ASEL
Student glider pilot
New Mexico (maybe unbelievable for most, but one can find some wet holes
to dive into in the Land of Enchantment)

R. Hubbell wrote:
This is for everyone that considers it safe to fly after diving.
The problem with diving is that the different people have different
responses to the effects of diving.

Don't forget how those dive tables were concocted. They used
young, strong, healthy men to develop those numbers. Yes I know
the recreational tables are not the same but are conservative
derivatives of those tables. But there's a reason they are still
doing studies of the effects of diving.

http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/ne...asp?newsid=210

There is still much to learn about the effects and responses of
diving,flying, mountain climbing on human physiology.

They have found that mountain climbers have permanent cognitive
changes. I suspect they will find the same with divers if they have not
already. Humans are adaptable to a point.

I play it way safe and am conservative when diving and/or flying.

R. Hubbell