WFFC 1 #1001 March 21, 2005 Quote...I will start with the time they sent us an airplane and insisted on their pilot... ...Crashing the plane? That was the first time Phil was in Memphis on business and he was on the next load. oops! Luckily, no one was hurt (other than maybe bruised egos). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallmama1 0 #1002 March 21, 2005 I do KNow that money is not every thing but you do need it to feed your family and to put a roof over your head and shoes on your feet.Live Life to the fullest and have fun doing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #1003 March 21, 2005 QuoteI do KNow that money is not every thing but you do need it to feed your family and to put a roof over your head and shoes on your feet. and drive a Ferrari... I can work at McDonalds and pay the bills, don't have to sell my soul. jBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perplexiti 0 #1004 March 21, 2005 K. then don't hold me to your morals cause I won't pass the test!--------------------------------------------------Live for today, Love as if there will be no tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallmama1 0 #1005 March 21, 2005 no one every said i sold my soul or neither did i say i would all i said was that it would be nice to have that kind of money and not have to worry about where the money for the Bills come fromLive Life to the fullest and have fun doing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #1006 March 21, 2005 QuoteThe one consistent thing is that no one is friendly huh? I disagree - Only to keep this fair...One's experience with one DZ can definitely be different than another's. While visiting a large DZ for the first time, where I have a few friends that jump, I found the people very difficult to approach and their reactions were very negative when I did. The staff was unfriendly, etc. This can and will happen to each of us on occasion - not much we can do about it and express to the DZO or said DZ when it happens and move on. Go back if you feel like giving them a second chance, don't if you don't. Never been to ASC nor The Farm so I cannot make a judgement on either as a good/bad vibe for either place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #1007 March 21, 2005 I'm sure ASC is a great DZ and all, but this is REALLY bad advertising. I half hope the real dropzone manager steps in to let us know this person is making ASC look bad on purpose. Seriously, what kind of dropzone manager would talk about their boss like this in public? Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallmama1 0 #1008 March 21, 2005 Never been to ASC So why are bashing it so bad then. you dont even know what it is all about nor do you know me or the other people that work here. (if you would give us a chance you would see we are not all bad )Live Life to the fullest and have fun doing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perplexiti 0 #1009 March 21, 2005 Thank you that was all I was saying!! It was just my experience.--------------------------------------------------Live for today, Love as if there will be no tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallmama1 0 #1010 March 21, 2005 i never said anything bad about the owners. I like them and i think they are very nice people. To be honest with you i wouldnt say anthing bad about them or you i am not like thatLive Life to the fullest and have fun doing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #1011 March 21, 2005 Quote Look take skyride out of the factor at this point! Yo mean let you off the hook? No way. QuoteOkay Look i do my job as you do and i do it to the best of my ablity the same as of you would. Yes I work for ASC and I love my Job Skydiving is like a dream job i mean it is awesome. Too bad you work for crooks, like I did. I told anyone that would listen what they were up to and quit working there. QuoteAnd as for Skyride I dont care what they do Turning a blind eye doesn't make it go away or make it right. Whether you like it or not, you make to decide. Are you going to continue to work for crooks or not? Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #1012 March 21, 2005 QuoteSo why are bashing it so bad then. I may or may not visit ASC at some point in my travels as I do also have friends that are staffers there. Please do show me where I've personally bashed ASC though. Skyride's business practices - yes. ASC directly - No. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #1013 March 21, 2005 QuoteThank you that was all I was saying!! It was just my experience. Big picture...one's view on an experience can be vastly different than another. I'm up for that - been there, done that. When you 'grow' in the sport, don't forget to visit other DZs as there are so many other flavors out there. There will always be your home DZ but there are so many other places to visit out there don't limit your experience. The best DZs I've ever been to had some flavor of a small Cessna. More comradery there than some of the larger DZs I've been to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallmama1 0 #1014 March 21, 2005 i do have to say i am sorry you are right you didnt say anythiing about asc i have went back and i was wrong so i am sorry for that.Live Life to the fullest and have fun doing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #1015 March 21, 2005 ATTENTION Just a personal 'anger' check to make sure that we all keep in line with the discussion and don't resort to name calling, etc. Thanks for keeping this inline. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perplexiti 0 #1016 March 21, 2005 Yes I can't wait til I'm comfortable to jump at different dz's I am just not up to it yet.--------------------------------------------------Live for today, Love as if there will be no tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #1017 March 21, 2005 Quotei do have to say i am sorry you are right you didnt say anythiing about asc i have went back and i was wrong so i am sorry for that. Apology accepted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MWGemini 0 #1018 March 21, 2005 Interesting, but in the last 20 minutes while reading this thread, your jump numbers went from 6 to 15. ASC must have aircraft the put Mullins's King Air to shame. Mike Edit: typo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrumpot 1 #1019 March 21, 2005 Hmmmm.... Interesting, how supposedly the EXACT, IDENTICAL "STAFF" can co-exist at BOTH "Los Angeles Skydiving Centers" AND Skydive Tennessee, all at the SAME time! Must be one of those multi-dimensional time/space warp controllers again. Man, what WON'T they come up with next?? coitus non circum - Moab Stone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallmama1 0 #1020 March 21, 2005 QuoteInteresting, but in the last 20 minutes while reading this thread, your jump numbers went from 6 to 15. ASC must have aircraft the put Mullins's King Air to shame. well i havent change my profile in a while so i got to looking at it and i saw that it didnt match my log book so i changed it. it would have be 13 but i made two jump this weekendLive Life to the fullest and have fun doing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pash 0 #1021 March 21, 2005 QuoteThe one consistent thing is that no one is friendly huh? I disagree - QuoteOnly to keep this fair...One's experience with one DZ can definitely be different than another's. While visiting a large DZ for the first time, where I have a few friends that jump, I found the people very difficult to approach and their reactions were very negative when I did. The staff was unfriendly, etc. This can and will happen to each of us on occasion - not much we can do about it and express to the DZO or said DZ when it happens and move on. Go back if you feel like giving them a second chance, don't if you don't. Never been to ASC nor The Farm so I cannot make a judgement on either as a good/bad vibe for either place. I agree with you. I've only been to 2 DZ's - the first one just recently became USPA affiliated and the other a large DZ. Everyone had been friendly with me for the most part - probably because I am such a likeable person I didn't go in with the expectation that my every desire would be fully catered to. I also understand that I haven't been to many DZ's and I haven't met all the dicks in the world either! My post was just going on the theory that 2 people just sort of "popped" up with similar friendly tag lines and one of them makes a blanket statement about EVERY member of the staff at a DZ. Then they go on to make a blanket statement about the people on DZ.com not being "friendly." jason edited: to make sense Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Scrumpot 1 #1022 March 21, 2005 QuoteHere in CT, skyride sends their customers to the fictional Adventure Skydiving Connecticut. How can anyone send somebody somewhere "fictional" Dave? Seriously, just wondering. They've got to send people SOMEWHERE! So that being said, do you know, when someone buys a jump certificate from Skyride in CT for "Adventure Skydiving Connecticut", where do they get sent? If that ACTUAL dropzone/location accepts certificates as Adventure Skydiving CT, but is not in CT themselves at all (which you seem to be intimating), do you think that they also should share in the culpability here? Perhaps this has already been posted up somewhere and if my question is redundant, I do apologize. This thread is getting very long and involved indeed. Blues, -Grantcoitus non circum - Moab Stone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Perplexiti 0 #1023 March 21, 2005 O.K. I did not say that all the people at the farm were rude. I did not say that all the people on dz.com were jerks. I said I wasn't being treated in a friendly way, wich I wasn't at first. Then I started getting my questions answered. Sorry it was just easier to ask questions than to read 40 pages of a thread. And my sig line is just a saying that I like. Also if you will check my profile I have been reading these forums ever since I started my AFF courses last july.--------------------------------------------------Live for today, Love as if there will be no tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelpdiver 2 #1024 March 21, 2005 QuoteHmmmm.... Interesting, how supposedly the EXACT, IDENTICAL "STAFF" can co-exist at BOTH "Los Angeles Skydiving Centers" AND Skydive Tennessee, all at the SAME time! Must be one of those multi-dimensional time/space warp controllers again. Man, what WON'T they come up with next?? Nah, it's one DZ, located a convenient driving distance away from both LA and [unnamed city], Tennessee. I once looked at the Atlanta and Alabama Skydiving Centers which reference each other. An address is actually listed on each that is well apart, but the driving directions, while quite different, appear to end up at the same airport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Perplexiti 0 #1025 March 21, 2005 No I know for a fact that there is an Alabama location that is seperate from asc. Some of the instructors from here have had to go there when they are understaffed.--------------------------------------------------Live for today, Love as if there will be no tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Next Page 41 of 92 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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pash 0 #1021 March 21, 2005 QuoteThe one consistent thing is that no one is friendly huh? I disagree - QuoteOnly to keep this fair...One's experience with one DZ can definitely be different than another's. While visiting a large DZ for the first time, where I have a few friends that jump, I found the people very difficult to approach and their reactions were very negative when I did. The staff was unfriendly, etc. This can and will happen to each of us on occasion - not much we can do about it and express to the DZO or said DZ when it happens and move on. Go back if you feel like giving them a second chance, don't if you don't. Never been to ASC nor The Farm so I cannot make a judgement on either as a good/bad vibe for either place. I agree with you. I've only been to 2 DZ's - the first one just recently became USPA affiliated and the other a large DZ. Everyone had been friendly with me for the most part - probably because I am such a likeable person I didn't go in with the expectation that my every desire would be fully catered to. I also understand that I haven't been to many DZ's and I haven't met all the dicks in the world either! My post was just going on the theory that 2 people just sort of "popped" up with similar friendly tag lines and one of them makes a blanket statement about EVERY member of the staff at a DZ. Then they go on to make a blanket statement about the people on DZ.com not being "friendly." jason edited: to make sense Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrumpot 1 #1022 March 21, 2005 QuoteHere in CT, skyride sends their customers to the fictional Adventure Skydiving Connecticut. How can anyone send somebody somewhere "fictional" Dave? Seriously, just wondering. They've got to send people SOMEWHERE! So that being said, do you know, when someone buys a jump certificate from Skyride in CT for "Adventure Skydiving Connecticut", where do they get sent? If that ACTUAL dropzone/location accepts certificates as Adventure Skydiving CT, but is not in CT themselves at all (which you seem to be intimating), do you think that they also should share in the culpability here? Perhaps this has already been posted up somewhere and if my question is redundant, I do apologize. This thread is getting very long and involved indeed. Blues, -Grantcoitus non circum - Moab Stone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perplexiti 0 #1023 March 21, 2005 O.K. I did not say that all the people at the farm were rude. I did not say that all the people on dz.com were jerks. I said I wasn't being treated in a friendly way, wich I wasn't at first. Then I started getting my questions answered. Sorry it was just easier to ask questions than to read 40 pages of a thread. And my sig line is just a saying that I like. Also if you will check my profile I have been reading these forums ever since I started my AFF courses last july.--------------------------------------------------Live for today, Love as if there will be no tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #1024 March 21, 2005 QuoteHmmmm.... Interesting, how supposedly the EXACT, IDENTICAL "STAFF" can co-exist at BOTH "Los Angeles Skydiving Centers" AND Skydive Tennessee, all at the SAME time! Must be one of those multi-dimensional time/space warp controllers again. Man, what WON'T they come up with next?? Nah, it's one DZ, located a convenient driving distance away from both LA and [unnamed city], Tennessee. I once looked at the Atlanta and Alabama Skydiving Centers which reference each other. An address is actually listed on each that is well apart, but the driving directions, while quite different, appear to end up at the same airport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perplexiti 0 #1025 March 21, 2005 No I know for a fact that there is an Alabama location that is seperate from asc. Some of the instructors from here have had to go there when they are understaffed.--------------------------------------------------Live for today, Love as if there will be no tomorrow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
