ASLIP, OR A TRIP, and the ramifications of that superficially minor incident can go rippling down through time. That’s what has happened in the case of technical diver Lex Warner. The consequences of his fatal mis-step on a boat-deck nine years ago are back in our News headlines this month.
The incident, and what happened afterwards, has just cost the boat operator a huge sum of money and has reignited debate in the dive community about the nature of personal responsibility and blame culture.