Did you get your license before the rules changed?

[riddler 0]

From the USPA web site:

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USPA issued nearly 1,000 licenses in September as jumpers hurried to obtain skydiving licenses before qualifications were raised on October 1. Jumpers earned licneses in September as follows:

A-218
B-148
C-221
D-371

September's license total of 968 compares to 583 for the same month last year. USPA also issued an unusual 731 new licenses in August, also attributed to the rush.

Someone should tell USPA to run spell-check before they post stories

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[indyz 1]

I did not. So now I have 196 jumps and don't have a B or C because the universe conspired to keep me from getting water training.

[selbbub78 0]

I didn't bother, decided to get some quality jumps in (coach jumps) instead of the 100 i needed for my C. Well worth it too.

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[Skyrose7 0]

I thought I would have to try and beat it, but I ended up having 200 jumps by january (thanks to the eloy boogie).

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The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP.
MaryRose

[Remster 24]

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decided to get some quality jumps in (coach jumps) instead of the 100 i needed for my C. Well worth it too.

You fool... Everyone knows a licence makes you better, not some silly quality stuff....

Good move....

Remster

[jfields 0]

I had an A license earlier in the summer, but got my (B and) C before the changeover. Not the D. Oh well. No biggie.

[kansasskydiver 0]

i think it was a way to get everyone to jump their asses off and send in their license apps to get some extra cash in to build the new uspa headquarters.

<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist!

[MochaSkyChick 0]

Yeah, I just made it in by the skin of my teeth. I did about 50 jumps in September to meet the D license deadline.

PMS #62
Zarza R[red

[bvsdjumper 0]

Aaaah, license shmicense.

--260 jump novice

Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

[drewboo 0]

I just squeaked under by about Thirty-five years.
Although i actually didn't bother getting my D until about twenty years ago or so.
drew

[lazerq3 0]

Was 40 njumps away from D but o well... got B and C!!!

jason

Freedom of speech includes volume

[tonyhays 86]

Here's your water training......


Don't land in it!!!

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

[Amazon 7]

Rulz???

What Rulz....

Hell I can't even remember what the RULZ were back in 1976

[flyangel2 2]

Yeah, way long time ago.

D-9944

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[selbbub78 0]

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decided to get some quality jumps in (coach jumps) instead of the 100 i needed for my C. Well worth it too.

You fool... Everyone knows a licence makes you better, not some silly quality stuff....

Good move....

oh, DUH! I'll remember that NEXT... quantity over quality, got it

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[Dumpster 0]

I figgered if I made it in time for my D great, if not, no biggie either.

D-27314 and a case of beer!

Easy Does It

[ihateskydivers 0]

you should have gotten water training the old fashioned way.

buy some "water" that tastes like beer and give it to your AFF I on saturday night

i'm sure he'll explain the finer points about water training as he's signing you off

[hookitt 0]

I sure did. Skipped A and B and got the C and D 12 and 13 years ago.

I beat the rush.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[RevJim 0]

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C-221

Yea, I'm one of those. Actually had the paperwork in when nobody was in the office (hurricane). C-33989

I know, I don't really need it, but shit, I've done the night jumps, and those, a couple hundred more jumps, and an S&T/A signature is all that's holding me from my "D". No biggie though, since I now qualify for everything a "D" holder was allowed to do before, including Nationals and open field Demos.

It's your life, live it!
Karma
RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

[wingnut 0]

yah i think i got in before the rush.. havn't got my card yet and i faxed it in but not sure if they recived it... can do anything i want anywasy with my c.. not really caring anyways.. i'll have 500 hopefully by this summer and well can't do what i want withought the numbers anyways...(not to mention i need skill improvment too)........

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"i have no reader's digest version"

[kris12 0]

Wingnut -

I also got in before the rush, but they somehow missed my application and I didn't get my number until this past Monday (C-34326). I had to call to sort everything out (they were nice nice about getting me a number that day). People had gotten their cards before me and had faxed in their application at the same time. You may want to give USPA a call to make sure. Good luck!

kristen
swooo #3 MB #3587 P.M.S. #66
"so let go, jump in...what're you waiting for? it's all right 'cause there's beauty in the breakdown"

[AndyMan 7]

I finally got my 'D' license early in the summer, I had more then 500 jumps - the "new" requirements, even though I could've gotten it years ago under the old ones.

Having bigger licenses does not make you a better skydiver. Don't get the license unless you really believe that you're that good.

_Am

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[GARYC24 3]

I had the jumper numbers and all the night qualifications (plus some).
But I'm gonna re-do all the accuracy requirements to be more honest in accuracy..I usually land out from
the busier landing area and don't really aim for a target as in a pea-gravel..I will apply in about 25 more jumps..maybe dedicate one day or a whole weekend doing hopNpops..
I got 546 (still counting

[sunnydee123 0]

I did .....although I didn't really have to rush. I;ve kinda been jumping like a mad woman since I graduated AFF in March. I sent in my "D" paperwork in early August, wited 4 weeks for official card and it STILL is not listed in the mag, despite it being in my hand for almost 2 months now.....

It's all goody in the hoody.....as I get ready to leave for The Keys Boogie and with a little luck from the weather Gods, make my first beach jump.

Hugs to all........D

Dreams become reality, one choice at a time...