SUUNTO FAVOR AIR - Manual (Page 22)

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DO NOT FLY WARNING, INDICATED BY AN AIRPLANE!
Further, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) advises as follows:
- 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 tanks and exhibiting no symptoms of decompression sickness wait 24
hours after their last dive to fly in an aircraft with cabin pressure up to 2400 m [8,000 ft].
The only two exceptions to this recommendation are:
- If a diver had less than 2 hours total accumulated dive time in the last 48 hours, then a
12 hour surface interval before flying is recommended.
- Following any dive that required a decompression stop, flying should be delayed for at
least 24 hours, and if possible, for 48 hours.
Suunto recommends that flying be avoided until all the DAN and UHMS guidelines and
the FAVOR AIR wait to fly conditions are satisfied.
WARNING!
THERE CAN NEVER BE A FLYING AFTER DIVING RULE THAT IS GUARANTEED
TO PREVENT DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS COMPLETELY!
3.6 PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND HIGH ALTITUDE DIVES
The FAVOR AIR can be adjusted for increasing the conservatism of the mathematical
model or for diving at altitude.
WARNING!
SET THE CORRECT PERSONAL/ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT MODE!
When diving at altitudes greater than 700 m [2300 ft] the personal/altitude adjustment
feature must be correctly selected in order for the computer to calculate the
no-decompression status. The diver should also use this option to make the
calculations more conservative, whenever it is believed that factors which tend to
increase the possibility of decompression sickness exist. Failure to properly select the
personal/altitude adjustment mode correctly will result in erroneous data and can greatly
increase the risk of decompression sickness.
WARNING!
THE FAVOR AIR IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE AT ALTITUDES GREATER THAN
2400 m (8000 ft)!
Traveling to a higher elevation can temporarily cause a change in the equilibrium of
dissolved nitrogen in the body with the surroundings. It is recommended that the diver
allow the body conditions to stabilize over a period of at least three hours before
beginning to dive at altitude.