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  1. yoink
    Yes it bloody is. Andy, in the same way I'm fed up of offering advice to newer people to try and keep them safe because they always know better, I'm also fed up with seeing diminishing personal responsibility. The OP doesn't care if we agree with him or not. He just wants 2 things. A freebie from Aerodyne and a chance to have a dig at a manufacturer with no comeback. Sorry if you approve of that, and I'm not suggesting anyone should forma lynch mob, but I don't believe that the OP has never made a mistake in his life and that he's never simply apologised and moved on... How is that OK for him and not for Aerodyne? How is he to learn that it's an unacceptable attitude if people don't tell him?
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    Entitlement generation much? "You made a mistake! You OWE me." Fuck off. With that attitute I hope the times that you make honest mistakes in your life, you get taken to the cleaners for them... or maybe you'll expect people to forgive you? Attitudes like the OP's piss me right off.
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    Fine. The advice is: You are seriously pushing the limits with your current canopy choice. No matter how good it's been going so far you are on a incredibly dangerous path at the moment. The Nitro is in no way a suitable canopy for you.
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    Thanks for those - I'll give them a much more detailed review over the weekend and try and find any articles in academic literature. A first glance review however gives me enough cause for concern to let my mates that use weed know that I don't think this is just a THC analogue and they should be wary of it.
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    Especially if your friend isn't familiar with cannabis, which is a quite large portion of those who have been using the drug, looking for that "legal" high (very similiar to when salvia-divinorum made it's entry to the American scene. If it's a proper 'trip' with audio & visual hallucinations then it's likely acting on more than just the cannabinoid receptors. Have you got any references you can sling my way for some reading material? I've got a degree in neuroscience myself and haven't heard of this drug until now. thanks
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    Absolutely. It'd also cost him $200 more. Not just for this guy - I thought it was a good addition to the FJC. edit: damn you with the quick edit!
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    May be worth getting an experienced jumper to to a few jumps with exactly the gear and as close to possible exactly the scenario as possible? Giving him a video of what he'll be seeing, both upwards and downwards, how to locate the landing area, how to steer may well be worth the investment ahead of time. I've seen precisely 1 dz that shows students a video from first-person perspective of what a decent approach pattern looks like. Always seemed like a good idea to me... Gives them a visual idea before they go up.
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    Retroactively? Take your pick from just about any holy book.
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    Going. Round. In. Circles. It's finally sunk in. It's taken a while, but then I guess I'm a slow learner... The guys that are jumping camera ahead of the 200 jump recommendation will just continue to insist that it's not distracting them, it's not altering their skydive in any way, that they can handle it, and that all the old fuddy-duddies are just holding them back. Congratulations. This thread has sucessfully finally crushed my will to try and pass on any advice.
  10. yoink
    It takes pictures. It's a camera. And yup, 100 jumps from April to now is pretty current, but people form opinions based on the data that YOU provide. You can't really complain when they do. The skygod comments come because you sound like every other skygod that comes through here. Right down to the 'recommendations, not rules' argument, the 'I've got an experienced mentor' argument, and the 'description of your 'Mad Skillz' that put you ahead of the curve' argument... Search around. See how much you sound like many who have come before you.
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    Of course if 'fastJim' has correct info in his profile he's averaging about 20 jumps a year, & that wouldn't make or break the bank and most drop-zone no matter how small. Skygod AND uncurrent. What other boxes are there on the form? Inappropriate canopy?
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    I'm kind of curious what the CCI's authority was for doing this. Presumably the logbook is the property of the student, and was signed by instructors who witnessed the jumps, and the CCI did not witness those jumps. Where is the basis for the CCI, who wasn't on the jumps, overruling those who were on the jumps? Redlining the jumps like that makes it sound like the CCI believed there was outright fraud--that he/she believes the jumps in question never happened. It's a number of years ago now, so my memory of it may be hazy. From what I can remember, the student jumps happened, but anywhere with a half decent AFF programme wouldn't have passed the guy. I believe he was on a 'Get your AFF for X dollars guarantueed!' holiday. Make your own conclusions.
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    I've seen someone 'pass' AFF abroad, and be completely unstable throughout their next several check-out freefalls - absolutely unable to control stability or heading at any time in freefall or deployment. The guy got a red line though all of his training jumps in his logbook for the CCI, and instructed that he wouldn't be able to jump at any UK dropzone without a complete retrain from level 1. I believe this was then passed on via phone to various CCIs. If memory serves, the guys was checked out over a course of a number of jumps with AFF instructors and questioned on the ground until it became clear that he was a huge danger to himself in his current condition.
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    I didn't botch it - I meant to leave a divot there.
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    If memory serves, isn't it a CAA regulation, rather than a BPA one? Somthing about no object being released into freefall without an attached parachute device unless it's an emergency?
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    It's wierd, we see lots of reports like this, particularly around suit manufacture. I wonder if it's because relatively new people who don't know any better don't understand the time or skill required to make a custom freefall suit, and who think it's an easy way to make some cash because they knocked something up for themselves? When orders start coming in from customers, they find that an OK job isn't good enough, and that people expect professional service and it all goes wrong from there... This is far from an isolated incident. I curious why.
  17. yoink
    Nepotism rules!
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    Jump number would be better than date and time as we wouldn't need to know how regularly they jump. For a hypothetical example: Sangi, at less than 350 jumps - may be next year, may be 3 years from now.
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    Are you in the US?
  20. yoink
    You'd think a baby would be worth at least a case?
  21. yoink
    Ya can use a 5 lb bag just bungeed to your leg, cut a 1inch hole in the back and cover it with masking tape...when ya exit pull off that tape. Make sure whatever you take out of the plane is bungeed bloody securely. A 5lb bag of flour hitting something at terminal would ruin someone's whole day.
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    That is awesome flying. Just when I didn't need a new and expensive hobby to get interested in!
  23. yoink
    Best. Troll. Ever.
  24. yoink
    Dogging in the cotswolds is much like wandering into Speakers corner here. I feel dirty and violated every time I go there too.
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    You know you're going to have confused the hell out of 85% of the people that read this forum with that topic title, right?