Sadly, some professions with legal or social authority are prone to overwhelming common sense with the fearfull 3 letter word EGO. During our liferaft testing, Doug assembled no less than the senior Coast Guard PJ, a crew of survivalmen from Luke AF base and numerous active,reserve and former service and civilian emergency professionals. I had humorous visions of my own obit in all this " former coastguardsman drowns in Arizona wavepool. Stomach cramps from eating to much food blamed. " Who WAS in charge? The certified, designated and employed lifeguard who was still a teenager. Perhaps you should take this experience, distastefull as it is and bring it up in various EMT journals and public venues.