skyjohn

Dude there are leaders and then there are organizers. Do you have any idea what effort it takes to organize and manage a record event? P3 has always and continues to perform it's mission for excellent prep for a record. This issue is simply about an active mutiny of the team based on simple greed. My world team experience was superb and it was obvious there were certain personalities (sky god) that weren't present. If they can accomplish the same effort after people have spent so much, I'll personally be amazed. Remember the disputes after the AZ record? I'm not against P3 getting paid their jumps and airfare, more power to them. I'm just saying people that spend 50+ per camp jump in a no fault system watching others get prepared may end up having a sense of entitlement come record time. Not a great team effort, kind of reminds me of the NFL.. John R Walrond

Very well spoken bigway.. I personally heard BJ say he was not satisfied getting drawn into the high priced camp format. It is obvious that these people want to make a career out of teaching. Are they good at it? Absolutely, I've been on 2 world teams, and yes it's the path for one to get a "slot". I am one that as you say will stand aside and let the rich young guys go for it! If you don't have a record then you probably feel and think differently and in the end only you will know if the record was worth the cost. All I know is that WT 04 was cheap considering everything we got in the package, then later it was gas prices and it just keeps going up and up. Here's one simple question I dare anyone to ask P3. (I promise you they won't answer and if they do, you won't get a slot..) Break down the exact cost of each jump and tell me how many people on the load have FREE slots? You'd be amazed at the answer.... Good luck! John R Walrond