Quote: (Originally Posted by
Owen Petchey)
My impression (gained from BS-AC and GUE training) is that it suggests that we should be concerned primarily with making an appropriate response to failures. We should aim to respond in a way that gets us out of the pit, or at least stops us descending further into it. Training that includes simulated failures and encourages reasoned and relaxed responses to failures could be one approach to this aim.
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Owen
DIR is more about not even getting into the pit in the first place. Its a subtle but VERY important difference.
The fundamentals such as mindset, balanced rig, teamwork, correct gas choice and standardisation mean you should not even have to look over the edge of the pit, let alone fall into it.
It is always easy to construct scenarios where DIR in theory does not work, but they often range from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Jerry