The Argonauts John or Jean Francois ???????

[jasondbaker]

NAUI could make you do your certification dives with your hands tied behind your back but that has little to do with making someone a better diver.  Frankly, the quality of dive instruction has more to do with the instructor (and shop) than the certifying agency.  I would contend that the certification agency makes no difference to the 99% of divers which end up doing a 2-tank resort dive once a year.  And for the rest of us, the OW certification process simply provides the first opportunity to get wet.  Once you start diving regularly the real training starts. And nobody offers a c-card for that.