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If there are "ground rules" to permit such behavior, then it isn't cheating. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Do you really think any of that has made the sport safer? Or just allowed us to get away with making it more dangerous? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

You are SOOOO gonna ruin my reputation! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I wasn't getting the abuse I deserved from rec.skydiving I'm just here for the chicks anyway. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Cool, nice to see another 27 cell on the market. What line types are offered? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I find my openings are just a little bit more brisk, but not "hard". That's with the Skyworks RDS, and might be the first one he's made for a Xaos 27? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

last time i checked USPA is organization of jumpers, not Drop zone operators Well it's whole different can o' worms but, you sure about that? Know much about the GM program? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Thanks for taking the time to support your ideas Dan, and even if we don't see eye to eye on the way to fix this problem, energies are being directed towards addressing it. Thanks too for taking the time 9 years ago to see an eager jumper trying to jump a canopy above his skill level, and take him on a high altitude hop and pop, so he could see safely, just how in over his head he might have been getting.

There is a difference. Everyone uses a canopy to land. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Then they have no business being instructors, as that parachute is easily obtainable, and even recomended to novice skydivers. In my most humble oppinion. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Pardon my aggravating tone, but WE HAVE INSTRUCTORS! Period. And many of them are not doing their jobs. AFF, IAD, Static Line, or Tandem, ALL USPA instructors must be capable of educating jumpers as to how to safely fly and land their parachutes. No matter if they are the only one in the air or one of many. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Sorry to sound repetitive, but only if enforced. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Happy birthday to you....! ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Now get all instructors to follow the SIM and teach all of that. Doing so will do more to improve saftey than any additional ratings or rules. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

How about we get people to be able to give basic canopy instruction and regulations, before we worry about the advanced stuff? I think there is enough in the way of advanced coaching out there if jumpers look for it. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Why should they spend their time looking 400ft above and behind? Rules of flight clearly say that the low man has right of way, and that anyone choosing to hook from above must give way. And how well has that been working...*** It's been working great. Where and when it's enforced. One more time, like the broken record I am..... "Who ya gonna get to enforce this BSR?" ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Bingo. As I said before, who's gonna enforce this BSR? The gist of the BSR is great, I love the idea of seperated landing areas, but we can't get DZO's, and DZM's to agree to monitor people's flying as it is. In the past 4 years I can count the number of times I've seen an S&TA gig someone for landing infractions on one hand. It's just not "economically viable" to piss the jumpers off I guess. What ever happened to people listening to instructors after student status? When's the last time someone you saw someone grounded? How about the last time you saw someone asked not to come back to the DZ because of unsafe actions? BSR or no BSR, untill someone gets out on the field who cares enough to be the "bad guy", ain't nothing gonna change. I appreciate all the people who took the time to be the "bad guys" in my skydiving career, even if I didn't in the heat of the moment. I thank them, because of them, I'm still sucking air. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Why should they spend their time looking 400ft above and behind? Rules of flight clearly say that the low man has right of way, and that anyone choosing to hook from above must give way. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Just to point out, I never did tell the jumper that they couldn't jump the canopy. Just that it was a bad idea. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

And who ya gonna get to enforce it? The ISP works, but the industry and more importantly the USPA has allowed the quality of those given instructor ratings to slide in response to a shortage of instructors. There is also nothing in place to require instructors to create safe skydivers, simply to get them through the levels. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

All types of soft links with tabs or rings should be secured/tacked within the tops of the risers. And for clarity, "Slinks" are a PD product. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Don't buy into the myth that swoopers are the problem. Non standard patterns, too many people into small landing areas, poor judgement and training, lack of supervision, unwillingness to snub friends.....those are the problems. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I have in the past "skipped" the special jump during the work day, and the "made it up" at sunset with friends. Oh and to prevent the zoo, keep the dive simple, and the axe sharp.

Uncontroled airports don't see the same sort volume as we see in DZ landing areas. Never in the modern day would you see 80 aircraft invited to land on the same runway at the same time without some sort of positive control system, ore pre-planning. We do see this in skydiving ESPECIALY at mega-boogies. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

We have. Education. And demanding a higher standard from instructors. Know why canopy control courses are all the rage right now? Because the standard has slipped, and the industry has let it. Instructors used to be the teachers, at least one of those who has signed this BSR proposal is/was that kind of instructor. I know because he trained me. Making a rule that isn't enforced now, isn't going to be the fix. a rule doesn't prevent people from doing something, it just means they broke a rule when they did it. If S&TA's, DZO's, DZM's, and instructors would participate, educate, and disciplined more, without worrying that they might upset someone....well we wouldn't be talking about this. If someone had grounded Danny the first time he did something like this...... If someone had cared enough to talk to jumpers invited to a massive boogie first.... Let DZ's set their policies. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.