I planned my vacation back from Iraq on my mid-tour leave around this DZ because it was a so called full time DZ. I completely understand that turbine DZ's rely mainly on tandem business, but what is up with telling up jumpers, visiting your business that you will be doing jumps and have alot of tandems scheduled during the week when you don't. I don't consider 6 tandems within 4 hours alot. And the local up jumpers getting together and deciding that 55 to 60 degree weather is to cold to jump,, babies. I wish I had the benefit of being a spoiled turbine rat. Instead of being a full time DZ, just do buziness on the weekends, or get a Cesna for the week when it is only 60 degrees and your local baby up jumpers don't want to make skydives. My next comment about this DZ is the friendlyness of the staff and skydivers. I dont think any person walking into a DZ that is not familiar should be searching to find someone to talk to about getting a waiver to fill out, or someone to talk to about anything at the DZ. I had to wait wait 5 minutes for the manifest lady to stop talking to whoever it was right next to her to get a waiver. The local up jumpers that were there did not seem to want to talk to anyone new with the exception of 2 jumpers. The one jump I did make, the jumpers on the plane, including 2 tandem masters taking students out did not ask what the other jumpers were doing on the load, who should be exiting in what order or anything. It really kills me to go to DZ's that are just there for money only, not safety, not making new friends, not helping new customers out, just the money. It isn't hard to incorporate all those things and still make the money.
