timmyfitz

How many are on meds for emotional or nuerological problems? Any that are outright cooped up? It's not difficult to find a tiny fraction of the population to buy into nonsense due to their paranoia, social dysfunction, or some minor nuerosis. http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm

Wasn't to hard to see that coming.

http://wtc.nist.gov/media/opening_remarks_082108.html

How did they measure this in pre-industrial times? Has there been an ongoing study since then?

I am going to ask for more information.... I believe it is important to look at PROBLEMS and find SOLUTIONS - not to just make policies that make people "Feel good". Can you tell me examples of how this piss-poor job is a real problem (I know of problems at my home DZ working with students, but the AFFIs I don't think are on the top of the list). I can honestly say that the AFFIs I work with are great. Each has a personality, and flaws, but they all do a good job. Some are younger, some are older. Some have tons of tandems, some are weekend fun jumpers. So lets look at fatalities, per USPA: 1998 - 44 1999 - 27 2000 - 32 2001 - 35 2002 - 33 2003 - 25 2004 - 21 2005 - 27 2006 - 21 2007 - 18 2008 - 30 2009 - 16 HOW MANY OF THESE WERE STUDENTS (AFF STUDENTS, NOT TANDEM)??? I went to this site:http://www.uspa.org/USPAMembers/Safety/AccidentReports/tabid/81/Default.aspx and noticed the fatalities for people with less than 100 jumps are few and far between. I read each one... I see no smoking gun that the system is all that broken other than CANOPY CONTROL - which is not an instructor shortcoming but system shortcoming in AFF... (No dedicated canopy control jumps, no dedicated canopy control lesson plans... Just something that the instructor/student do post freefall). This tells me things/instructors are no better or worse then they ever have been... Maybe slightly better since membership/jump numbers have gone up most years other than the last few... And this is coupled with the fact aggressive skydiving canopies for people well past their AFF has become a leading cause to offset better gear. Can you point to an increase in incidents with jumpers with under 25 jumps where the AFFIs have control, or incidents post 25 jumps where AFFIs have clearly been negligent in teaching something (as opposed to the student trying to continue to learn, you can lead a horse to water, but drinking is.....) Ok, so give me details to support your claim. (I may or may not dispute them, but I will learn from them). Now you are just using facts and logic. Psst. You are gonna lose your argument with that kind of attitude. You need emotion, not facts.

Not really. http://www.dol.gov/wb/faq26.htm

Don Henley, actually.

I met an engineer about a month ago that was sure that truthers were right, he took the time to study what they were saying and has come to realize they are wrong. (We can all come up with an example, it's just that mine is correct )

Meaningless or almost meaningless? Don't start back peddling now. So he would be qualified to teach/instruct? He past the written/oral exam and time in sport is meaningless.

As already mentioned, you could do that by talking to people when you show up at a new dropzone? Go to manifest, tell them you're new to the DZ and you will have someone to jump with fairly quick.

Section 5 is General Recommendations, not part of the BSR's. It is wise for any student to jump as often as possible but it is not a requirement to jump every 30 days.

Until now.

But if the dog was sleeping inside the house, he wouldn't have been outside to save the girl.

Marijuana and hemp are not the same thing. Really??? Maybe you can point me in the direction of where these different things come from since they are not the same. Today in the U.S., hemp (meaning the roots, stalk, and stems of the cannabis plant) is legal to possess. No one can arrest you for wearing a hemp shirt, or using hemp paper. Marijuana (The flowers, buds, or leaves of the cannabis plant) is not legal to possess, and there are stiff fines and possible jail terms for having any marijuana in your possession. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=marijuana vs hemp

Marijuana and hemp are not the same thing.

You told us the same thing over a year ago. That is one big corner.

Do you mean the guy/tandem student that walked to the aircraft by himself?

If your landing area is 400 feet lower than from where you takeoff, then you need to adjust your analog altimeter +400, not -400. If you set your analog altimeter to -400 feet and then walk to the LOWER landing area, it will now read -800.

Be careful, your Ego is showing.

I never asked my stuff if it was OK for me to jump. I guess that's why my stuff is always pissed at me.

having said that, then I guess you will forfeit your social security when you turn 65? Really? Social Security is now welfare? Try again.

I don't believe Elsinore owns the glider port business. Separate company. They don't own any of the land. It's all leased.

Not to be picky, but this was not a settlement. It was a verdict. It was a victory. And it is fantastic news ! Not to be picky, but he said it was settled properly, not that there was a settlement.

I wonder how many "instructors" believe this hyperbole. Tim, Why is my analogy bullshit ? Tandem is dangerous and when not treated that way instructors drop passengers, hook in it, pull handles out of order, gear failure etc etc Aff is dangerous and when mistakes are made students and/or instructors die etc etc Lots of instructors out there do not have a healthy respect for this. Did I hurt your feelings? If I was capable of feelings you would have hurt mine :) I meant no ill will Regards, Bob Crossman I guess you do not understand you definition of hyperbole.

It is called the Mpemba effect. It is true under certain circumstances.