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It's tough when there is a delay between your class and your first jump, as there is a lot to remember. However the first jump course provides you with information you may need to save your life. What was it that you "didn't remember"? (Don't answer that, just think about it.) If it was emergency procedures, for example, not remembering could get you killed if you are unlucky and have a malfunction on your first jump. Your radio may malfunction, and you'll have to remember the landing pattern on your own. Did you review the material before going to the drop zone? Did you (perhaps unintentionally) convey the impression that you didn't take things all that seriously to your instructor? In any non-tandem jump, you are completely responsible for getting to the ground and back to the hanger safely. Your instructors cannot deal with a malfunction, or steer you back to the landing area, or ensure you flare on time etc. If they are not confident that you could do those things unassisted, they are doing their job to have you wait until you have mastered the first jump course material. If you really want to give skydiving a try, you won't let a minor setback like this discourage you. Assume your instructor has your best interests at heart, and they did not feel you were ready to jump. Review all the material, and go back with the goal of proving you are ready for the next step.

It also has nothing to do with the ongoing conversation. Have you realised you can’t defend your defence of racist hiring practices?

1) influenza has a lower death rate once infected (even amongst the elderly) 2) influenza does not spread as readily/easily as COVID 3) and in response to your final question -- we are all offered (and many of us take) flu vaccines every year, in order to mitigate the spread of influenza. Scientists agonize every year trying to predict which variant will be most prevalent, and do their best to develop the vaccine in time to protect the most people to the maximum extent. Your claim that "no one cared" prior to COVID is absurd.

Please explain to me how exactly this entire post is not just a defence of racist hiring practices? If it’s not, then I genuinely have no idea what you’re trying to say - which is no surprise, since it’s pretty obvious that the vague and rambling nature of your posts is intentionally designed to allow you to deny any meaning the reader takes from them.

I wouldn't call any form of training "best". They each have their time and place. For the first jump, static line or IAD work well, and I would lean towards static line as it removes instructor skill out of the equation (IAD does give you less line twists which is better for the student, but it can also attach a student to the horizontal stabilizer of the Cessna, which is less fun for all involved). You (as a student) will have a canopy safely above you without having to do anything, and it will help you grasp the feeling that you are alone in the air. I remember my first jump (static line), it was so intense I barely knew which way was down. I would not like to ever have that feeling in freefall. Once people have put a couple of jumps in, and have a basic understanding of flying their canopy, AFF will help them learn freefall stuff faster and in a more controlled environment (or tunnel plus AFF if they can afford it). While you can learn freefall using conventional methods, having a competent instructor holding on to you for the first couple of freefalls decreases the chances of a terminal reserve deployment followed by a cutter replacement.