Suunto VYTEC DS manual Flying After Diving

in the Planning Mode will increment to the next higher number if another dive is made.

TABLE 3.3. WARNING SYMBOLS

3.6.3. Flying After Diving

The no-flying time is shown in the center window next to the airplane image. Flying or travelling to a higher altitude should be avoided at any time the computer counts down the no-flying time.

NOTE! The airplane symbol is not shown on the stand-by display. You should always activate the dive computer and check that the airplane symbol is not displayed prior to flying.

The no-flying time is always at least 12 hours or equivalent to the so- called desaturation time (if longer than 12 hours).

In the permanent Error mode and Gauge mode the no-flying time is 48 hours.

Divers Alert Network (DAN) recommends the following on no-flying times:

•A minimum surface interval of 12 hours would be required in order to be reasonably assured a diver will remain symptom free upon ascent to altitude in a commercial jetliner (altitude up to 2400 m [8000 ft]).

•Divers who plan to make daily, multiple dives for several days, or make dives that require decompression stops, should take special precautions and wait for an extended interval beyond 12 hours before flight. Further, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) suggests divers using standard air cylinders and exhibiting no symptoms of decompression illness wait 24 hours after their last dive to fly in an aircraft with cabin pressure up to 2400 m [8000 ft]. The only two exceptions to this recommendation are:

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