diverdriver

Oh, so are you one of the slackers?

I always assume someone will cork and try not to fly directly over them. If it was break off you gotta transition at some point. It's easier for the higher jumper to look down and see the lower jumper. You can try to look above you but the advantage is all the higher jumper's. Chris Schindler

Check your passenger manifest on the big plane too. I'm sorry sir, you can't fly today because you were involved with the theft of my friends canopy. And I do appologize that were at cruising altitude, but you'll have to get out. You know it! Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

let me clear that up. he is not my friend, not by a stretch. his friend is the one who has the canopy, so I don't actually know where it is. otherwise... and pd knows about all of this. it is tempting to let karma take care of him, but it would be better to recover the canopy first. but if i see it flying anywhere near me... Then I think it's time for names to be posted so that I don't get on the same load as him. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Well, if PD hasn't read this by now you might just want to call them and give them the info to go after it. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Ummm....they're supposed to be when they say zero. It's kinda the law. And if they don't work then your plane is grounded. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

And then.......

Well....at least I had a disclaimer in there saying I was not guilty of being unhip if there was something I got wrong. Right?

I'm telling you that it DOES interfere with communication! Man, how many times do I have to post that? I hear clicking in my headset when a cell phone is on. I hope that communication they are trying to tell me isn't that I need to avoid a large object coming at me. I don't care what lab tests they think they've done. I'm telling you what happens on the line in real life. This is a bad idea and will jeapordize people's lives. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Hmmm....that's interesting. Ummm......I think he means "Mama Tish" at SDC. But I could be wrong. Have been before.

Other: Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Out Out, KMFDM, Meat Beat Manifesto, Front 242, Collapsing Lungs, 1000 Homo DJs, Delirium Then there are techno groups/tracks that fit this type but aren't really considered "industrial" Old Dust Brothers (you know them now as Chemical Brothers) "Song to the Siren" and "Chemical Beats"

You know Bill, there are support groups and rehab for being a crack addict. You just have to take the first step and admit you have a problem. I think you've taken an important first step. Good for you! You liberal greenie scum!

They are a hazard to themselves and when they get hurt they sue my airline for their stupidity and stupid jurors (not a true jury of their peers....that would mean airline personel would have to be on it) award millions in damages and the big evil airline companies pass the burden onto concessionary contracts to the employees. Thanks alot. Did you know that every once in awhile an airplane loses its brakes and runs into the terminal? Yah, there's a reason why you aren't supposed to get up until the seatbelt sign is off. Seen it. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

If my full face helmet fogs over after landing it is safer for me to take it off so that I can look around for other landing canopies while I walk back to the packing area. Once of prevention.......pound of cure. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Has anyone considered the FAR that requires passengers to listen and comply with crewmember instructions? How are they going to be able to hear a FAs calls to evacuate when they have a damn plug in their ear and are gabbing away? You think all the other people leaving in a rush will clue them in? It won't. I've seen it. People will just sit there like a lump and become a hazard to the people around them. This is a bad move by the airline industry. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

And here's the thing about gear checks at 10K.....Someone calls out "UP FOR GEAR CHECKS!" You don't even have to remember the rule. We tell it to you each time. So why can't they get up and just spend some time gear checking their buddy and themselves? I'm sure they do some sort of gear check. But at SDC we choose to do it at 10K. Not getting up when you are the first group out makes it difficult for the others to get up around you to do their checks. I'm glad to say that the local jumpers did it anyway despite the difficulty and did what they were taught to do. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Since "Incidents" forum is for reporting fatalities and serious injuries and neither of these things involved those I will just post them here in General Skydiving Discussion. This past weekend we had a visiting group of jumpers doing 8 ways. On landing of one jump two jumpers had their endcells brush at about 15 feet. The landing area is about 200 acres. Why must this happen? Several witnesses saw the brush and reported it to DZ officials. When approached, the group denied that any such event happened. They were told anyway to spread out their landings. This group was also the group that felt the DZ policy of getting up at 10K for gear checks wasn't for them and stayed seated while others had to jockey around them to get up and perform their gear checks. I felt this attitude was fairly poor. When I visit another DZ I ask what local policies they have and do my best to comply and "go with the flow". In another "occurence" a jumper with about 500 jumps visiting landed in the middle of the aircraft ramp area as the plane was pulling in. The pilot (who is one of our training pilots) had to jam the brakes to stop when surprised by the jumper landing about 50 feet in front of him. Winds were stiff at 15 mph by my estimate but smooth and certainly jumpable. He stood there in the ramp trying to collapse his canopy by pulling both toggles together which only reinflated his canopy. Also, he stood up wind of the canopy instead of running downwind of the canopy to help collapse it. What are other DZs teaching these days on how to collapse canopies? Running downwind of the canopy would also have gotten him off the ramp sooner. It took 3 DZ officials (including me) to get him to make an effort to get off the ramp. Once off the ramp I asked why he landed on the ramp with a plane taxiing on. His response "Oh, I saw him". Yah, but maybe he didn't see you! You are going to land 50 feet in front of a twin engine human processor? He said "Well, the winds aren't the best right now." SAY WHAT ?!!! How is that even an acceptable answer for landing in front of a running aircraft? I pointed to all the grass area options he had around him but I don't think it sunk in. Anyone who's been to SDC knows that the aircraft ramp area isn't exactly large compared to all the grass landing area. Landing on the ramp just isn't acceptable. So, what if either of these "occurences" had turned out differently and SDC had another fatality? How would that be seen to the community? I know the papers would have continued on their "this place isn't safe" parade. And these jumpers looked at me like I was a complete dick head for questioning what they did and pointing out how unsafe THEY had just been. When a DZ official comes up to you and wants to know why you just did what you did you might take the road of learning and just answer the question. The conversation just might save your life one day. Or are you just too cool for yourself? Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

TOUCHE!

The square footage of your next canopy cuz you wanna upsize before the WL BSR gets here?

I just recently got a new VIII Micron with Skyhook. I've hooked my RSL back on. I load my Stilleto 107 at 1.5:1. I load my Reserve at 1.3:1. I see the Skyhook as a resonable update to the RSL to overcome the problem with cutting away from spinning line twists. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Thanks Mama.

Dang it MOUTH!....ugh....It's not like it's a DC-3 door you know. Of course, I know EXACTLY how you feel as I hit the door 5 times in 3 weeks of 10-way training. Fortunate for me I didn't break anything. You heal fast you! Grrrrr.... Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

CAST!!???? WTF.....over.....

1.3:1 Reserve. I didn't really want to go that way but getting my Micron that would fit my Stilleto 107 required me to downsize my reserve from a 150. I know that I can land the PD 126 conscious. Main Stilleto 107 1.54:1 Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125

Actually, the TCAS II only gives vertical guidance in avoidance manuevers not horizontal. An RA (resolution advisory) will sound with "Traffic, traffic, Climb, climb" and then give you a vertical speed to try and achieve for avoidance. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125