Air Training should it be a prerequisite before you are allowed to self fill.

[Russell Smith]

I read a viewpoint from someone who I respect a great deal and he said that as much as the mandatory insurance is a great idea the organisers are coming up short in not insisting everyone has to do some compulsory air training.
A lot of players have 15 seconds training from a mate on how to connect the air hose to their bottle and thats about it.
Is that enough? is it the responsibility of the tournament organisers to provide it?

I have been involved since well before air came into the market and did the course for the first time last year.
I thought I knew everything I should have known to safely use an air system.
I was wrong, and could have been DEAD wrong.
I will ask Gassy to put a poll on here later if you could pick what you agree with please.

Thanks,

Russ

 

[Shadlad]

100 Percent yes it should be and I think now is the time to shock the system and shake everyone up. This is accident is a wake up call for a lot of people, sites and venues. I personally think get everything sorted now and make paintball safer for all.

 

[Lump]

along with detailed tech threads on how to maintain you bottle and reg. how many times have we seen plp (including myself) offer the wrong advice to others . how to get regs off change fill nipple etc

 

[Gassy]

The poll is up and running now.

 

[joejoe]

it has got to be done to prevent accidents

 

[topchef]

Thats a firm yes from me. I cant see how you would not benefit from at least 'brushing up' on the do's & dont's even if your a seasoned veteran and know it all backwards (thats me out then)


-ChEf

 

[ollytheosteo]

Well, at the moment we have young players changing regs in their bedrooms and getting their air advice from each other; there was a thread on PBN earlier this week where someone posted the 'best way to remove a reg' involving putting the bottle in a vice and then using a spanner on the fill nipple to twist the reg off. Chris from Crossfire wrote a very funny and sharp reply but this is the sort of info that gets passed around so yup, training good.

 

[Lump]

that it olly that why i started that air thread. pbn has some really good tech threads. but not what we need

 

[Gassy]

Those that do not do an air safety course should have to wear a big sign on their chest saying

I don't need to know and it's just unlucky if your next to me at the fill station

 

[RainbowShooter]

Gassy, can you change my vote please, clicked the wrong one.


I think it is needed, but there needs to be more centers where the course can be taken all year round.