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  1. bosco
    reading back through some of the comments the reason some TMs do the flips/gainers etc is because the AC exit technique or set up door position would suggest it as an easier option. I spent ages trying to do a solid dive exit from a CASA before I went to the gainer which gave me a solid 270 flip to face the ground again. It took me some time and experimentation and advice from some high time TMs before I cracked the smooth dive (even with a the more difficult passenger). I say to all to work on your skills, watch your own exits on TV and use your skills to be smooth and slick in your abilitys to own the skydive from exit to deployment. I would always watch in awe how the more experienced TMs would make a dive look effortless. Aspire to this as its a huge buzz when it all falls into place. Yes I see the bulk of the crowd do flips. but why follow the crowd!
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    What right have we to dictate the jump of a first timer. We are employed to make the first time jumper feel safe and at ease in their new environment. We may control the skydive but we did not pay for it and so have no right to "show off" our skills to the passenger who has absolutly no concept of what it is they are doing or the videographer who is there to capture the first timer and not the tandem JM. I am a tandem IE for Strong and Vector. I look for consistency, stability and good judgemet in all candidates who pass through my program. We must be as professional as airline pilots as we also hold the lives of others in our hands.