slotperfect (D 13014)
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Mar 4, 2004, 4:21 PM
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Tandem Instructor Polls Synopsis (So Far)
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There have been several of these, and here are the results grouped together to make them useful.
42% of 36 TMs voting wear a hard helmet THREAD 64% of 44 TMs voting wear a big floppy jumpsuit without booties THREAD 89% of 35 TMs voting put their student in some sort of jumpsuit THREAD 81% of 32 TMs voting have their student's harness completely tightened down ready to jump before boarding the aircraft THREAD 52% of 33 TMs voting remove their student's seatbelt after reaching a safe emergency exit altitude THREAD 67% of 18 TMs voting are able to turn a tandem canopy with rear risers (brakes stowed)THREAD 43% of 74 TMs voting have had between 0 and 3 reserve ridesTHREAD Of 75 TMs that shared their "incident history," the results were: -Student threw up 27& -Student passed out 21% -Student peed their pants 4% -Student crapped their pants 3% -Side-spin 15% -Student injured on landing 15% -TM head-butted by student 16% THREAD
These small snapshots of TMs in the dotcommer community have helped me a lot, maybe they will help y'all as well.
Man, kuddos to compiling all the data to a single thread! This is the sort of information that can really help out a newbie TM and reinform one with experience.
42% of 36 TMs voting wear a hard helmet THREAD 64% of 44 TMs voting wear a big floppy jumpsuit without booties THREAD 89% of 35 TMs voting put their student in some sort of jumpsuit THREAD 81% of 32 TMs voting have their student's harness completely tightened down ready to jump before boarding the aircraft THREAD 52% of 33 TMs voting remove their student's seatbelt after reaching a safe emergency exit altitude THREAD 67% of 18 TMs voting are able to turn a tandem canopy with rear risers (brakes stowed)THREAD 43% of 74 TMs voting have had between 0 and 3 reserve ridesTHREAD Of 75 TMs that shared their "incident history," the results were: -Student threw up 27& -Student passed out 21% -Student peed their pants 4% -Student crapped their pants 3% -Side-spin 15% -Student injured on landing 15% -TM head-butted by student 16% THREAD 39% of 71 TMs voting don't do any type of intentional flip on exit THREAD 42% of 33 TMs voting have been "taken for a ride" once or twice THREAD 48% of 44 TMs voting use the "right hand on right mudflap, left hand on left mudflap" student body postion on exit THREAD
Big thanks for putting this together from this newbie tandem instructor. I'll take all of the knowledge I can get at this point and this certainly helps!
Big thanks for putting this together from this newbie tandem instructor. I'll take all of the knowledge I can get at this point and this certainly helps!
