Any reason to get a 'b' license?

[lug 4]

I never got my B I jumped and got the C then D. There are three benefits of the B license: night jumps, Coaches rating at 100 jumps, and 90 days to remain current. If the B license benifits are not of intrest to you, don't bother. Save you $20 and put it towards a higher license.

The D license is the one I question right now. When you have the D, you can get your pro rating, you have six months to remain current, and you can get their tandem rating.

Memento Mori

[SkydiveNFlorida 0]

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Yeah - Landing on the beach (which never happened last year) for the Keys Boogie was the reason I even bothered to get my D.

Ahhh well......

Blue skies
Ian

Ian, why didn't the beach jumps go? just curious.

angela.

[ianmdrennan 2]

The turtles had laid eggs in the sand. Made beach jumping an environmental no no .

Blue skies
Ian

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[lummy 4]

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winds can sometimes be an issue and a B will get you up more than an A

Is that a Dropzone rule?

As long as you're licensed, you can jump in any winds you want

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[pa2themd 0]

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The only benefit I see is you can make night jumps. So, i'm wondering, other than that, is there any reason not to hold out and just pay the fee for the 'c' license down the road? You don't *have* to have the 'b' to get the 'c', you just have to have completed it's requirements and those for the'c'. I just can't justify spending the extra cash unless for some reason there are boogies or something where a 'b' license holds more weight than an 'a' license.

Thoughts/info?
thx.
Angela.

In South Africa we need it to participate in the above mentioned aswell as BEACH JUMPS....I just got mine last weekend so in December I am gonna do some of dem kewl things!!

"Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's
addressed to someone else!" Ivern Ball

[Stacy 0]

I have been to several dropzones that in cases of funny or high winds announce that jumpers wishing to jump must hold at least a * license depending on conditions. I've been elsewhere where they do it by jump numbers and not licenses. I've also seen this vary from S&TA to S&TA. Chances are if there's a reason that someone with 100 jumps can't jump, I won't either, though.
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