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am i the only one that doesn't get the connection to richard branson? The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

may i assume innocently that mr. murphy played that trick on you? The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

wow- i'm 60 % gay. how come i am 10 percent more gay than narcimund ? note to self: read rest of thread to know how keith scored if he cared to make the test edit: keith only scored something like 33 % - guess that makes me the poofter of the forums BWAHAHAHAHAHAH The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

I'm just wondering who voted "you suck if this happened to you" are you so sure that you are bullet-proof and that your students always do only the things they are supposed to do? sound like being complacent_IMHO The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

so it would be shit, shat, shat, wouldn't it? The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

one for the spelling & grammer freaks: what's the past time for "shit" The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

maybe you should get this one The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

you are pretty loudmouthed, aren't you? The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

can't believe it - the return of a long lost classic anyone know what happened to the original poster? The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

so it took 29 pages and 1200 posts before anybody commented on the film - jeeeezuz, and i thought you were discussing the characters of this movie for that long btw: if i go and watch this movie - will it turn me into a lusty queer The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

Do you know the difference between a straight and a queer snowman? the queer's got the carrot up his ass The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

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so - who decides who is going to be a TI and who should stick to RW, freefly or whatever in the first place? The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

Note: I'm not a TI - yet, i'll start my training in the next few weeks. a littel background to bring things into perspective: i've been working for/with tandem instructors for 4 years now. doing their paperwork, handing out waivers, dealing with customers, briefing passengers one-on-one. so i guess this gives me some insight on how a small tandem business can be run. i_know_that my little corner of the world works different than other DZ's or tandem businesses and my thought may not apply to any of you experienced guys. BUT - and this but is really big - i know how much difference a good, thorough briefing/training proir to jumping makes. i know it takes definitely more time actually talking to people rather than showing the some kind of briefing video. not to speak of training an exit and freefall-position in real life. as a sidenote: i know also that much of a "sucessfull" tandem ride is based on how well the communication between TI and pax runs. but the more the passengers know, the better they can communicate with the one's the trust with their life tombuch said: amen to that! as for NelKel: There are TI's out there, that do not want passengers to anything but to shut up and behave like a piece of dead cargo that is to be delivered from 12k+ to groundlevel Elisha said: i know it doesn't hurt, it only takes time and a real person to do it. read: money. apparantly this thought doesn't fit into profit oriented ways of dealing with tandems maybe my feelings/thoughts will change once i've made a couple of hundred tandem-jumps. but right now i think that the more and the better you train your passengers/students the safer, the more relaxed and joyfull the ride will be - for you and your student The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

In the thread covering the drowing of a TI and his pax in hawai tombuch raisend an interesting that's worth further discussion I don't know about the specific training offered to this student, or at this drop zone, nor can I say that any specific training would have changed the outcome. However, bmcd308 brings up a good point. Sometimes students can help a situation if they have some training. In fact, FAR 105.45(a)(2)(i) requires that the student be provided with a briefing to include "... the procedures to be used in case of an emergency with the aircraft or after exiting the aircraft, while preparing to exit and exiting the aircraft, freefall, operating the parachute after freefall, landing approach, and landing." See http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/...tle14/14cfrv2_02.tpl Of course there are many drop zones that treat the student as just a passenger, and provide no safety training at all. Offering the student a bit more training is good for the student, the instructor, the drop zone, and the skydiving industry. This incident suggests that we should all revisit the way we treat and train our tandem students. (emphasis mine) disclaimer: this is meant to be controversial, but still: play the ball not the player, ok? this fits well in the attitude of some TI's that they are "hauling meat" or even worse "hauling ass" and that every pax is just another pain in the ass trying to kill them (as displayed quite frequently in these forums). it also goes hand in hand with the attitude of some TI's that "no training is required cause i'm the parachutist in command and I will do anything that's necessary and the pax has no business touching or doing anything. to add even more fuel to the fire: if you really invest time to train your passengers and treat them as students i more than once got the frowning looks of seasoned TI's like "Hey, you're just wasting your time dude" so the above statement from tombuch is _IMVHO_ more tha true feel free to flame or comment in any way as a TI in training i more than welcome your thoughts & inputs The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

i' m thinking that benedict not only looks gay The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

wtf are you doing in here? as for the pope: men running around in these strange suits always made a kinky impression on me. they look queer but the best pic i found is in the link you provided, the one where the pope is walking down some stairs - man these red shoes really look gay The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

who are we going to manifest teach or coach or even pack for if tickets are to expensive for the average joe skydiver? The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

guess you had your fair lot of jumping, didn't you? us younger folks will see it happen. my guess it won't take very long so enjoy the party while you can. i surely will

do a search in this foum, there are at least two threads in here btw: did i mention taht i love my nitro 135? The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

ze big riddle ze ermericans like to brag about how proud zey are to be kristians - jeez i cant believe that thread is still going on se otha hand, zey have all zis good porn stuff on the net yet they have laws making blow jobs and topless beaches illegal guees i'll keep on screwing in my little corner of the world The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

when that thread first came up i didn't want to ruin it by writing the following answer: i came to realize ? unfortunately ? that skydiving has to offer as many posers, dickheads, wannabees, loudmouthed knowitalls etc. like any other sport. the worst are the ones who are nice when they are newbies and don't care to greet you anymore once the learned how to fly a somewhat decent sit and got two more jumps than you furthermore: there are instructors out there who have no idea as of WHY they are teaching besides from that: got my coach rating, accumulated a bit more than 500 jumps & will start training for TI next year The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

that begs for an explanation The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

as FrancoR mentioned: i got my reserve popped on a funneled hybrid in something like 10k. after some thorough testing we found out the following cause: the excess lenght of the original javelin soft-reserve ripcord-cable was long enough for "normal" tension. we couldn't get the pin to leave the loop with my whole weight attached to the chest-strap. only after adding some "violence" = severe shake like it could (and indeed did) happen during a funnel, the reserve-pin left the loop. two lessons to learn: 1) your gear will distort when brought under tension and housings will eat up excess cable-lenghts. if you add more force the results can catch you by surprise 2) there are several versions of "original" parts out there. the the first generation (=older builds) of reserve cables is definitely shorter than the newer ones. so if you are planning to participate on a hybrid and you do the belly-part: check with your rigger if there is sufficient excess-lenght! The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666

thanks for explaining what is included in these 70 $. gear rental is included in the fees our studentens pay - and they don't travel from dz to dz to do their jumps. usually they have to stick to one school until they get licensed. The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666