more questions about Fiji (and dive operations in general)

[wan2Bcaver]

Hi again all,

I was wondering what people do to explain to dive operations that they are responsible divers and only wish to dive with people like them, and would like to spend as much time on the bottom as possible. My fiance and I will be diving in fiji in june, and I am concerned that we will be put on dive boats with inattentive people who are vacationing first and diving second, like we were in Cozumel, Belize, St. Thomas, and Gran Cayman. There's nothing worse than having a diver ruin everyone's dive by going 40 feet deeper than the dive plan, so that the DM has to modify the dive and we end up in 20 feet of water looking at sand instead of 60 feet looking at the reef.

We both dive with computers, and set max depth alarms according to the dive plan. We are AOW certified, Check our guages very regularly, and are very good about air consumption. I've generally found that dives are ended by the DM after 45 minutes even though we both end with 1700+ psi left.

So...what can I do to help ensure I get the most out of my diving money? I don't want to be an A-hole about it, but I would like to be allowed to spend more time diving as long as my air consumption and dive tables allow it. Also, I understand if a dive needs to be called for whatever reason, but if the diver in question is not my buddy, why do I need to call my dive? Can't the DM surface with him, or have his buddy sirface with him, so that others can continue the dive they've spent 1,000's on? Am I being selfish or do others feel this way?