SkymonkeyONE

Mine is taken from the moderator jump at Eloy this year.

I am not a fan of dreadlocks at all, but hey, it's your life and everyone has different opinions on what is stylish and what is not. What I would not tollerate, though, if I were your boss is your coming to work smelling like pot. I have never met a person who had dreads that did not reek of pot. Dreadlocks really hold odor in and generally those who wear that hairstyle do not do a lot of head washing. In my very-worldly experiences, I have seen only very few exceptions to that stereotype and none of those exceptions were skydivers. I will just say that if you do dread your hair and you do party, then you better do your best to keep them free from that scent at work. Chuck

Have him contact me immediately concerning my wingsuit. PM me for details if you know him.

I have in my hand my original D-license signed by Bill Ottley; it says "Master Licence". It was issued in 1985. Chuck Blue

At my last dropzone, as school manager, I got heavily discounted fun jumps and sometimes organized for free slot (when I was not hauling meat or doing AFF). Problem was, I rarely had time to "fun jump". I know several other major dropzones that have free jumps for staff, but they all have the same problem: no time to fun jump.

"Layne" is the alter-ego of Andy Farrington. Don't feed the trolls.

specifics? No. I am not sure who, if anyone, keeps information that specific, but I would bet that Chris Hayes, Rixter Powell, and the other PD test jumpers would be the people in the best position to have correlated such info.

Hopefully MonkeyLip will read this and punk him for the beers.

Deuce was a donut-eating muldoon back in the day.

That about sums it up. Nearly every single "full-time" skydiver I know lives in a camper on the dropzone and lives a meager existence at best. I am fine with that, so that is what I did for the whole last year. I made just over 12 grand skydiving and that was doing full-time AFF, tandem, and managing the school. Lucky for me, I am retired with a pension. Nobody on my dropzone made as much money skydiving as I did, but the packers made more. Simply having a tandem rating is not going to cut it, bro. Believe me. Don't think that you are going to be able to just saunter up to a big, busy dropzone and say "I am here to work." There is a very, very long pecking order to get hired on as full-time staff. Hell, you will do good as a junior TM to get into weekend rotation. Think I am kidding? I am not. There are HOARDS of very-experienced skydiving instructors, largely foreigners, who follow the sun and have "ins" with the major dropzones. Most of these folks are very territorial. That said, yes, you can get on at a busy dropzone if you have the right qualifications, but it might not be at a place that you like. Chuck

wonderful, now move along..

I resemble that remark, Sky.

Yes, simply logon as "Flighty". The screen name is not case specific. If I want to, I can logon as sKyMoNkEyOnE.

How about first learning to FINISH THE DAMN SUBJECT LINE so that we don't have to open every teaser thread just to see what you want??? All you have to do is hit the "get markup help" button right above the text block on your screen when you reply to posts, or get the same information in the Forum FAQ.

Both please....

Don't feed the trolls.

I prefer, from Burger King, the Ham/Egg/Cheese croissant value meal. From McDonalds, I really like the steak and cheese bagel thing. Greasy and lovely. From Hardees, it has to the the old Ultimate Omelette Biscuit.

Anticipate a full ground refresher and at least a Cat C (C1 or C2 depending on how well your instructors "feel". After that, it's possible that you might be released straight to cat F. It all depends on what type of program your dropzone runs. Some will tell you that you are hosed and that you will have to repeat the entire program; most will not. At my last dropzone, I would advance a person as fast as he or she was capable of doing so withing the guidelines of USPA doctrine.

Perris has a nice tent area, but it gets a bit loud when there is a lot of business, plus people walk through the tent city to take shortcuts to get to the back parking area. Eloy is really cool because you can just pitch a tent out in the middle of the desert and chill (or bark at the moon!). Both dropzones have everything you need to live: restaurant, bar, airplanes.

Longer risers make for a longer recovery arc as well.

Yep, friend of mine bought a 96 Katana. I'll get some jumps on it, and yea I'm excited... Both of you mean 97 Katana. Chuck

Upon re-inspection, I think it's a toss-up between option two and four. I don't particularly like the dark teal green, but that combo works. Chuck

BombProof Rigging, right there on the dropzone. Crash is a good rigger who works there as well. He fixed three of our suits while we were there for the holiday boogie.

Do whatever you are comfortable with. Back flying is not hard, nor are front flips or barrel rolls.