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    Hi everyone - thanks for the advice and different opinions. It’s all useful food for thought. First of all - yes I’m at 60 jumps, I’m a total n00b and a greenhorn. The only thing I know for sure is that I don’t know anything about skydiving! That’s been drummed into me and I believe it. My instructor has thousands of jumps under his belt and instructs for a living. I don’t question his advice, and while I understand there are differences of opinion about emergency procedures, even among experts, I would never discount anything he says. However, I do reserve the right to source a second opinion on everything I am told, and this is right and appropriate. I’m not the sort of person who unthinkingly follows instructions, or always accepts what I’m told at face value. I suspect most skydivers have similar mindsets.
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    Ah, thanks for the responses When you say 'pull the silver' - I assume you're referring to pulling the reserve handle? This makes sense because the reserve deploys a lot faster than the main! I hope none on these forums every finds themselves in this situation!
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    and of course the scenario I described above obviously does not involve any sort of malfunction! I don't know where my head is at today....
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    Ok ladies and gentlemen, here is the scenario!: You are in a 4-way formation and all of a sudden notice you are at 1,500' - what would you do??? When my skydiving instructor asked me this question I said: turn-track 2-3 secs, pull reserve, and prepare to grab the rear risers to steer quickly out of any pending collision. He didn't think much of this response! He said I'd have nowhere near enough time to track away from the group. He seemed to suggest that I should instead pull (the main!) straight away and deal with any consequences. Sounds crazy too me - a sure way of getting into a nasty mess! Anyway folks, thought I'd throw it open to you guys, I'm really interested in your points of view!