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A skydive with a larger than average risk of being a disaster. From the video I saw four things that were dangerous happening in one dive, all of which could have easily been avoided. We've all been on dives where there were problems; one guy who decides to sitfly, or one guy who went so low he was hard to see on breakoff, or one guy who could simply not control his closing speed and came screaming in to grips. Or a planned belly exit that suddenly becomes a head down, or a very poorly timed exit. Those things happen, and you learn from them. On this dive, though, all that stuff happened at once. To me that would be a screaming warning sign to fix the problems before they contribute to a much bigger problem (freefall collision, or freefall/canopy collision.)

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All that has changed for me since Trump was elected is the contempt I feel for those who continue to defend him.

It's great that you are working on that. But that particular mix of jumpers may not be the best idea. Maybe replace one of them with a slightly more experienced/disciplined one? The exits may go better, the dives will be safer and you'll learn more. I used to do a lot of work at the WFFC organizing low time jumpers and we tried to avoid dives like that, for both safety and learning potential. We got a pretty good group of people after a while, so if three people with low levels of 4-way experience showed up, I could grab one of the more experienced jumpers, talk him into going and have a much better dive overall. Having at least two people who can accurately fly in proximity and set fall rates is a key.

Funny video! But in the future maybe stick to smaller formations until everyone can control their fallrates and approach speeds, and can refrain from mixing sitflying and belly until they have that control.