A&D 2 Plus owner manual Wait-to-fly Time, Wait-to-fly Recommendations

Section 2: Diving with the Monitor 3 Air

Wait-to-fly Time

Wait-to-fly time is the minimum amount of time you should wait before flying in a commercial airliner. Wait-to- fly time is displayed in hours and is denoted by the no-fly symbol immediately above it.

WARNING: Flying while the Monitor 3 Air is still displaying wait-to-fly time may lead to serious injury or death from decompression sickness.

Wait-to-fly Recommendations

The Divers Alert Network (DAN) has made the following recommendations regarding wait-to-fly time:

1.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 8000 ft/2400 m).

2.Divers who plan to make daily, multiple dives for several days, or make dives that require decompres- sion stops should take special precautions and wait for an extended surface interval beyond 12 hours before flight.

Wait-to-fly time display

Both the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and DAN agree that:

"There can never be a flying after diving rule that is guaranteed to prevent decompression sickness completely. Rather, there can be a guideline that represents the best estimate for a conservative surface interval for the vast majority of divers. There will always be an occasional diver whose physiological makeup or special diving circum- stances will result in the bends."

U.S. Divers recommends that you follow either the DAN recommendation, or the wait-to-fly time shown by the Monitor 3 Air, which ever is longer.

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