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Spoken as the true Airtec lover and defender you have always been here. Two points. Airtec no longer requires, only recommends 5 year servicing on the new units. Which means that almost no one will bother, making one of your points moot. And the other thing is that the demand for used AADs far exceeds the supply. This makes buying a new one the cheapest option on a per year cost basis.

Certainly for juror selection there are a bunch of articles suggesting that Lawyers preferentially select uneducated jurors and dismiss those with strong opinions or higher education more than not. Because obviously if you’re a trial lawyer you want someone who’ll simply go with whatever you tell them rather than thinking. It’s making me question the process. I see the value in having a juror selection phase but I kinda feel like the selection part should be done by the judiciary, with support from a 3rd party lawyer. Make sure people understand the responsibilities and gravitas of the situation, confirm they’re not biased in any way and check they’re competent in logic, but I don’t think I approve of these thinly veiled questions that directly relate to the case you’d be sitting on. The prosecuting and defending attorneys can’t help but have a conflict of interests so shouldn’t be involved in the selection. I’m fully expecting to get instantly dismissed because of stuff like this.

One of our instructors/videographers works for that department as does one of our former pilots.

By that rationale they should also have been an investment consultant, a healthcare professional, a teacher and an immigrant as well as about a million other things. The US is more than just its military.

My point about getting a used unit applies not just to Cypres. I understand that the used market is tight. Sometimes the per year cost matters less than the "right now" cost. For some, the desire to have a predictable cost (warranty that lasts) is important. I am a fan of the Cypres, but will be considering others when I need to replace mine in few years. The competitors definitely have some advantages, as I have mentioned. I even bought an Astra way back when I returned to jumping after several years away. Fortunately others persuaded me to reconsider and I was able to return it. Back then the only other choice was the original version of the Cypres. The exchange rate at the time allowed me to buy it at perhaps the lowest price ever.

I have no idea how this got so complicated. I'd just do it. There are some basic rules like don't use a slider with grommets significantly wider then your cell. Depending on the length of your stabilizers your slider should not be setting on your bottom skin when packing. If it's so much wider that it's just crumpled on the bottom skin the fabric will not be holding the grommets up the lines till they slide low enough to lift the fabric off the bottom skin. Only then will the wind be holding it up. That's a fairly extreme limit but I have seen people make that mistake. Don't people futz with there gear any more? Lee

just came across this,,,,get well soon jimmy!!!

glad to hear you are getting back to normal Jimmy. You had us worried. Love you brother. Get lots of rest and take care of yourself.

I don't know how I missed this gem! I totally think you should kick out those fake weekend instructors like myself. Then you will have to hire more full time instructors to handle the weekend capacity, and you will have to share more of your weekday jumps. The math will totally work out in your favor, trust me I am certified public accountant who pretends to be a skydiving instructor on the weekends. I will get to fun jump more, so screw it, and I don't really care if you have to switch from Dinty Moore stew to Alpo because you suck at math.