outofit 0 #1 December 28, 2002 does anyone know if this incident has impacted the tandem business out there. i am sure it has but i was wondering how much. It is better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #2 December 28, 2002 I'd imagine that business will slow down for a while, then people will forget and it will gradually pick up again. That's what happened at my old DZ when a student went in. At least, I hope that will happen for the sake of the DZI got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petur 0 #3 December 29, 2002 Hmm... we had a tandem with two canopies out which entangled and the pair crashed pretty hard on a pavement in 1996. Both survived but the passenger sustained some major injuries. Oddly enough, the media coverage somehow resulted in a great increase of new students that year... never before (nor after) have we seen such an increase.--- P. "It Hurts to Admit When You Make Mistakes - But When They're Big Enough, the Pain Only Lasts a Second." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,104 #4 December 29, 2002 Every time we had a fatality/incident back at Skydive Long Island, business picked up. There's no such thing as bad publicity, as the old saying goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outofit 0 #5 December 29, 2002 billvon thanks for the honest answer unlike the previous post which was laden with sarcasm! It is better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #6 December 29, 2002 Sarcasm? I just saw people giving you honest answers and their opinions.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listo 0 #7 December 30, 2002 I really don't understand how press like this could possibly be good press. It just means that wuffo's are going to be coming to the DZ to try and talk about things in which they know nothing about. We need to do our best to inform them about how things work and that this was such a freak accident. My heart goes out to everyone in the skydiving community. As a tandem instructor, I have obvious concerns. But more importantly.... my personal skydives will always be a bit safer. Please everyone, make sure you do gear checks! Never let a running plane cause you to "hurry up" or make anything less than a 100% effort to make each skydive as safe as we can. You never know when "murphy" is going to visit you, but we can make it harder for him. I dont know anything about the accident and I am NOT making assumptions either. I am just ASKING each of you personally to do your best to keep our sport as safe as you can.......Live today as tomorrow may not come Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outofit 0 #8 December 30, 2002 i guess i just misinterpreted what the guy said, sorry! that is the problem with using these damn computers to communicate. It is better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #9 December 30, 2002 Quote i guess i just misinterpreted what the guy said, sorry! that is the problem with using these damn computers to communicate. Yah......it requires you to use the English language, grammer, punctuation and stuff. Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaMan 0 #10 December 30, 2002 Maybe the PC needs an upgrade with the "type what I meant to say" option Z-Flock 8 Discotec Rodriguez Too bad weapons grade stupidity doesn't lead to sterility. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
