Some see a logical extension of the current initiative is for USPA to look at implementing ratings for other experienced skydiver activities such as "bigway instructors", 'swoop instructors", "camera instructors", "down sizing instructors", "CRW instructors", "freefly instructors", etc. To be fair, I don't believe there are any efforts in that direction currently but perhaps the broader question put to the membership would help guide the Board on whether or not USPA should persue this course.
And if they create this bureaucratic mess of instructors, what are they going to do with them then? Will jumpers be required to make X number of jumps with such instructors before being allowed to participate in such activities? Will there by type-rating cards to fill out? Will they charge extra money for that "training"?
At some point, you've just got to trust the community of skydivers to take care of each other, just because we care. We train other jumpers informally as they progress, and as they express interest in different disciplines. And that has been working just fine for decades. You can't legislate everything.
But if you can have instructors for everything, then I want to be the official flat-packing instructor. No one will be allowed to flat pack without getting my approval first! I'll charge $20 per lesson, and I'll make millions!
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