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By slotperfect, February 4, 2013
- 0 replies
- 7,776 views
- slotperfect
- February 4, 2013
Is the AFF rating too easy? 1 2 3 4 18

By Allballs, October 6, 2006
- 445 replies
- 28,534 views
- Ron
- January 25, 2010
Stilleto as a Student Canopy 1 2 3 4 16

By jumpnaked69, June 9, 2006
- 395 replies
- 21,711 views
- pilotdave
- July 6, 2010
Good Idea? Bad Idea? 1 2 3 4 15

By MikeFB2764, July 26, 2006
- 369 replies
- 29,283 views
- Hooknswoop
- May 21, 2007
Small but effective trick 1 2 3 4 8

By DSE, November 8, 2010
- 175 replies
- 13,265 views
- jumpwally
- December 2, 2010
Digital Altimeters and Audibles for students 1 2 3 4 7

By bart, August 26, 2011
- 172 replies
- 12,883 views
- chuckakers
- September 2, 2011
ATMONAUTI 1 2 3 4 7

By mciocca, March 1, 2008
- 164 replies
- 20,888 views
- diablopilot
- July 11, 2008
Post your best AFF picture 1 2 3 4 7

By DesertDevil, December 25, 2009
- 161 replies
- 32,973 views
- Scrumpot
- September 24, 2014
Chasing your student into the ground!?! 1 2 3 4 7

By Zymurdoo, June 11, 2011
- 160 replies
- 13,451 views
- Divalent
- August 5, 2011
The Great AFF Experiment has been an Abject Failure . . . 1 2 3 4 6

By NickDG, August 7, 2009
- 139 replies
- 15,255 views
- BlindBrick
- November 10, 2009
Are Coaches the Weakest Link? 1 2 3 4 6

By Deisel, September 5, 2008
- 138 replies
- 10,903 views
- jvair
- November 3, 2008
AFF Student Loses both instructors 1 2 3 4 6

By docjohn, August 20, 2007
- 135 replies
- 17,584 views
- AFFI
- January 28, 2009
Rate the AFFI Course Directors 1 2 3 4 6

By popsjumper, December 20, 2007
- 135 replies
- 16,589 views
- DSE
- March 1, 2010
USPA Poll on tunnel time replacing some freefall time for AFFIs 1 2 3 4 6

By dorbie, May 21, 2012
- 134 replies
- 14,695 views
- rehmwa
- June 17, 2013
New AFF requirements. 1 2 3 4 6

By Para5-0, February 21, 2010
- 129 replies
- 10,820 views
- kallend
- March 9, 2010
"Coach" pulls for a student! 1 2 3 4 5

By Deisel, February 21, 2012
- 109 replies
- 26,370 views
- riggerrob
- June 10, 2014
AFF instructor salary 1 2 3 4

By BMFin, October 23, 2012
- 99 replies
- 31,230 views
- adamUK
- April 24, 2013
TM Poll: How many Reserve rides and Why? 1 2 3 4

By sabr190, March 4, 2004
- 98 replies
- 19,358 views
- kiss_the_sky
- February 20, 2017
Tandem Instructor Poll: (Intentional) Flips On Exit 1 2 3 4

By slotperfect, May 7, 2004
- 97 replies
- 9,240 views
- riggerrob
- February 19, 2005
STRONG vs SIGMA vs VECTOR vs ECLIPSE TANDEM RIGS 1 2 3 4

By foreverfree, September 23, 2004
- 94 replies
- 17,258 views
- sneaky
- June 7, 2005
T.I.'s Do you or would you allow your camera flyer to grip the students chest strap on exit 1 2 3 4

By freefalle, July 2, 2006
- 82 replies
- 7,442 views
- BASE1036
- November 14, 2006
TI's-- Do you get tipped? 1 2 3 4

By NSEMN8R, August 3, 2004
- 82 replies
- 8,518 views
- NelKel
- December 11, 2005
Is the USPA I/E Program a sham? 1 2 3 4

By alabamaskydiver, April 15, 2011
- 79 replies
- 10,156 views
- matthewcline
- April 27, 2011
What's happening at Elsinore? 1 2 3 4

By loumelton1, June 8, 2010
- 77 replies
- 13,407 views
- Madison
- October 30, 2010
Does your DZ have a scale? 1 2 3 4

By NSEMN8R, October 10, 2006
- 76 replies
- 8,313 views
- ZigZagMarquis
- November 16, 2006
How much different type of instructors should earns? 1 2 3 4

By camamel, March 9, 2007
- 75 replies
- 7,987 views
- JohnMitchell
- April 19, 2007
Unprofessional behavior caught on video 1 2 3 4

By brocc69, August 27, 2011
- 75 replies
- 23,925 views
- brocc69
- June 28, 2015
How do you teach Emergancy Procedures (Cutting Away) 1 2 3

By TheRanchPROshop, June 18, 2010
- 71 replies
- 9,864 views
- billvon
- August 12, 2010
NEW tandem masters 1 2 3

By milehighpres, April 30, 2008
- 70 replies
- 8,301 views
- JohnMitchell
- May 19, 2008
What's the biggest tandem you've done 1 2 3

By teason, September 22, 2006
- 70 replies
- 9,232 views
- JohnMitchell
- August 31, 2007
T/I's Rig of choice 1 2 3

By redramdriver, July 20, 2008
- 70 replies
- 9,365 views
- Skypilot
- October 22, 2008
coaches 1 2 3

By bunkerup, June 3, 2011
- 69 replies
- 8,659 views
- The_Don
- August 10, 2011
Have you ever turned a student away? 1 2 3

By captain1976, April 29, 2010
- 67 replies
- 9,581 views
- jumpwally
- May 14, 2010
Liability as an Instructor - How to Minimize It? 1 2 3

By velvetjo, July 9, 2008
- 66 replies
- 10,555 views
- psychoswooper
- August 23, 2008
Words of Wisdom for New Tandem Masters? 1 2 3

By boxingrrl, January 27, 2004
- 66 replies
- 9,174 views
- DanglesOZQld
- March 2, 2006
FJC Malfunction Video 1 2 3

By Para5-0, April 2, 2007
- 66 replies
- 10,235 views
- p8ntbrush266
- June 25, 2007
How AFF-I's wearing cameras are going to kill students. 1 2 3

By DJL, May 6, 2015
- 65 replies
- 19,668 views
- DSE
- July 17, 2015
Tandem Master to Tandem Instructor 1 2 3

By steveorino, July 20, 2007
- 65 replies
- 10,892 views
- slotperfect
- March 1, 2008
Tandem Instructor Poll: Instructor Helmets 1 2 3

By slotperfect, August 8, 2003
- 64 replies
- 8,658 views
- riggerrob
- February 4, 2005
Tail Strike Avoidance 1 2 3

By flyright, February 14, 2009
- 64 replies
- 10,772 views
- iambeav2
- March 21, 2009
chasing aff students below our hard deck 1 2 3

By livenletfly, September 11, 2005
- 63 replies
- 8,836 views
- NoShitThereIWas
- October 19, 2005
Skydiving and Alcohol 1 2 3

By AdamLanes, February 12, 2016
- 62 replies
- 30,086 views
- jumpwally
- August 13, 2017
Best shots of Instructors EARNING Thir money 1 2 3

By steveorino, January 23, 2006
- 62 replies
- 11,449 views
- bodypilot1
- March 5, 2006
conect or not...pasangers harnes during take off 1 2 3

By pete2005, November 29, 2007
- 62 replies
- 7,986 views
- slotperfect
- December 25, 2007
Can "experience" be a bad thing? 1 2 3

By rehmwa, June 17, 2010
- 61 replies
- 8,538 views
- aarco
- February 16, 2012
AFF student horseshoe mal! ..THAt was fun! 1 2 3

By steveorino, February 20, 2011
- 61 replies
- 6,255 views
- davelepka
- March 1, 2011
Thoughts... 1 2 3

By WatchYourStep, November 13, 2009
- 61 replies
- 8,494 views
- popsjumper
- December 11, 2009
Students that do dumb things 1 2 3

By ceandries, February 2, 2009
- 60 replies
- 11,117 views
- Kami-kaze
- February 15, 2009
Head-down and Sit-fly tandems (videos) 1 2 3

By skydiverek, May 21, 2008
- 59 replies
- 9,538 views
- Gene03
- June 12, 2008
2 hours training for AFF? 1 2 3

By cpoxon, November 25, 2008
- 59 replies
- 12,718 views
- Kimsdu
- December 23, 2008
Would you ever through a student out without a altimiter 1 2 3

By aarco, December 13, 2011
- 59 replies
- 9,416 views
- aarco
- January 31, 2012
Instructors. Is this what you would do? 1 2 3

By -ftp-, July 16, 2011
- 58 replies
- 8,080 views
- popsjumper
- July 28, 2011
Handicam Incidents? Have one? heard of one? 1 2 3

By toronto_bill, April 19, 2007
- 58 replies
- 13,872 views
- JohnMitchell
- February 23, 2014
Tandem pre-levels for hand-mounted camera? 1 2 3

By riggerrob, January 23, 2005
- 57 replies
- 8,581 views
- livendive
- July 19, 2005
Should Aff Instructors also have a Canopy coach rating or higher. 1 2 3

By rustywardlow, June 18, 2013
- 56 replies
- 12,513 views
- popsjumper
- August 10, 2013
Tandem Passengers Under the Influence? 1 2 3

By JohnRich, April 4, 2005
- 56 replies
- 8,480 views
- Swooopa-x
- May 26, 2005
Party pooper 1 2 3

By mattaman, October 10, 2006
- 56 replies
- 5,785 views
- billbooth
- October 15, 2006
Student H&P's 1 2 3

By popsjumper, August 14, 2012
- 56 replies
- 9,271 views
- yoink
- August 29, 2012
Advising Students to "cut-away" via ground radio command 1 2 3

By Scrumpot, October 12, 2010
- 55 replies
- 16,967 views
- GLIDEANGLE
- March 11, 2016
Best thing you've ever seen a student do.... 1 2 3

By baronn, June 19, 2016
- 55 replies
- 22,732 views
- JohnMitchell
- December 20, 2017
Anyone using a truly "Integrated Student Program"? 1 2 3

By jonathan.newman, June 3, 2011
- 55 replies
- 9,248 views
- livendive
- June 18, 2013
Newly Rated T/M 1 2 3

By SCR10480, November 10, 2004
- 55 replies
- 6,647 views
- SCR10480
- November 25, 2004
"Time-In-Sport" as criterion for instructional ratings? 1 2 3

By GLIDEANGLE, March 23, 2010
- 54 replies
- 6,779 views
- skyjumpenfool
- April 5, 2010
Should USPA raise there standards to Skydive U level for ratings 1 2 3

By ozzy13, June 8, 2007
- 54 replies
- 7,006 views
- peek
- January 22, 2009
Would you do a tandem with your wife as a passenger ? 1 2 3

By vidiot, February 23, 2005
- 53 replies
- 8,781 views
- kwmontreal
- October 11, 2006
Repeat a Level, Not FAIL a level 1 2 3

By popsjumper, February 6, 2009
- 53 replies
- 9,376 views
- bodypilot1
- February 25, 2009
Tunnel to AFF training BSR change 1 2 3

By peek, July 16, 2018
- 52 replies
- 14,123 views
- billvon
- November 29, 2018
Instructor Ethitcs 1 2 3

By Deisel, January 5, 2009
- 51 replies
- 11,725 views
- jasonRose
- April 16, 2009
TM Poll: Disconnect RSL prior to jump? 1 2 3

By jdfreefly, June 11, 2004
- 51 replies
- 6,996 views
- skydiverton
- July 14, 2004
tunnel-cracks organizing ff-biggerways - wtf? 1 2 3

By feuergnom, July 21, 2015
- 50 replies
- 15,006 views
- peedeepalmer
- September 12, 2015
Tandem Canopies Comparison 1 2 3

By skydived19006, June 27, 2005
- 50 replies
- 7,859 views
- skydived19006
- August 3, 2005
Liability insurance 1 2 3

By bigorangemd, November 24, 2011
- 50 replies
- 10,982 views
- livendive
- January 4, 2012
What to do when an instructor gives bad/dangerous advice? 1 2

By PhreeZone, December 1, 2005
- 49 replies
- 14,195 views
- kaiser
- August 26, 2019
Tandem Instructors - Which Canopy 1 2

By flipper, January 9, 2006
- 49 replies
- 9,983 views
- birddog
- March 4, 2006
tandems before funjumpers 1 2

By tsalnukt, December 24, 2007
- 48 replies
- 6,154 views
- AdD
- January 25, 2008
do you give free coaching jumps to low timers? 1 2

By D22369, November 3, 2005
- 48 replies
- 8,075 views
- deadbug
- October 11, 2006
TI's Do you arch? 1 2

By johnny1488, August 12, 2008
- 47 replies
- 8,748 views
- jvcvudu
- August 29, 2008
Would you get out? 1 2

By NSEMN8R, October 23, 2008
- 47 replies
- 7,078 views
- AggieDave
- November 12, 2008
Teaching tracking 1 2

By JohnMitchell, June 4, 2009
- 46 replies
- 9,007 views
- JohnMitchell
- July 7, 2009
What would you do??? 1 2

By ozzy13, December 23, 2008
- 45 replies
- 9,578 views
- dragon2
- June 5, 2009
From scratch to AFF instuctor 1 2

By fcn, December 23, 2004
- 44 replies
- 7,189 views
- NickDG
- October 7, 2006
Tandem Instructor Poll: Landing Approach 1 2

By slotperfect, May 18, 2004
- 44 replies
- 9,545 views
- rhys
- August 28, 2006
THAT guy at the DZ...... 1 2

By baronn, June 23, 2013
- 43 replies
- 26,289 views
- JohnMitchell
- June 6, 2014
AFFI/Coach Differences? 1 2

By Hooknswoop, April 10, 2008
- 43 replies
- 6,186 views
- popsjumper
- April 23, 2008
Aloof, unfriendly TM's 1 2

By JohnMitchell, May 19, 2008
- 43 replies
- 9,053 views
- skydivejeff
- July 15, 2008
This "2-stage flare" thing 1 2

By peek, August 1, 2011
- 43 replies
- 23,622 views
- jimjumper
- September 20, 2023
Should an AFFI lose their rating if they 'drop' a student? 1 2

By Hooknswoop, October 17, 2005
- 43 replies
- 10,540 views
- SkyjunkySean
- May 2, 2007
Which DZ are heaven to work for and DZO aren't crazy??? 1 2

By stayhigh, February 3, 2013
- 42 replies
- 15,251 views
- SkymonkeyONE
- February 7, 2014
RSL on Tandems 1 2

By Rover, July 22, 2008
- 42 replies
- 7,653 views
- efs4ever
- August 2, 2008
How many can you do in a row? 1 2

By NSEMN8R, July 24, 2005
- 42 replies
- 9,688 views
- superstu
- August 25, 2005
Renewal Requirements 1 2

By MakeItHappen, May 21, 2004
- 42 replies
- 8,703 views
- markbaur
- June 4, 2004
RE: austria-fatality 1 2

By virgin-burner, August 10, 2009
- 42 replies
- 5,780 views
- feuergnom
- August 18, 2009
TIs: Line twists on Icarus mains? 1 2

By mfrese, August 9, 2004
- 42 replies
- 8,829 views
- joboulay
- September 23, 2008
Forming professional skydiving instructors organization? 1 2

By proskydiverorg, September 7, 2009
- 42 replies
- 8,537 views
- riggerrob
- September 21, 2009
EXIT TO THROWING THE DROGUE OUT INSTABILITY PROBLEMS 1 2

By foreverfree, September 13, 2004
- 42 replies
- 6,386 views
- bodypilot1
- September 23, 2004
Newly rated AFFI - how long before you did a single JM AFF dive? 1 2

By altichick, March 2, 2005
- 41 replies
- 8,273 views
- Hooknswoop
- March 12, 2005
Jumping for slots?? 1 2

By readysetjo, April 1, 2005
- 41 replies
- 6,863 views
- readysetjo
- April 26, 2005
are we giving up safety? 1 2

By feuergnom, October 22, 2008
- 41 replies
- 6,065 views
- piisfish
- November 6, 2008
Tandem recovery procedures 1 2

By caldwellbuilder, July 24, 2007
- 41 replies
- 7,875 views
- camamel
- August 3, 2007
Lurking a tandem 1 2

By ladyskydiver, November 1, 2004
- 41 replies
- 6,957 views
- LawnDart21
- November 9, 2004

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