Working for these places...

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Haven't seen it much here, since the focus of DZ.Com is the jumpers, but was interested in getting feedback on working for various drop zones. Have worked fo several in my flying time, and some were obviously better than others. In the interest of saving newly minted pilots, jump instructors, packers, etc from months to years of grief, I thought I'd start it off...
Hartwood, Virginia, home of a one engined Twin-Bo, magical times and magical people, and the owner. Treat his machines right, and he'll just grumble a bit when you do a sunset runway check (got to get REAL close to the runway to see if jumpers are there, don't you?) but knowledgable, totally informative, and just plain honest when dealing with people.
and the jumpers there aren't too bad either. If they don't happen to get another big plane, where in the area is there a friendly drop zone?

Hartwood Paracenter - The closest DZ to DC!

[JohnRich 4]

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where in the area is there a friendly drop zone?

Go here for a list of parachute centers which are members of the USPA.

They're all friendly!

http://www.uspa.org/dz/index.htm

[PhreeZone 15]

>They're all friendly!

I've been treated very unfriendly at a few DZ's. Personally I doubt anyone is going to come out in the fourms and post working for X DZ sucks if they still work there.

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery

Parachutemanuals.com

[andy2 0]

[QUOTE]They're all friendly![/QUOTE]

That's some bullshit!

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[skymedic 0]

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They're all friendly!

I've been treated like crap by quite a few DZ's on that list...and great by others. but to say there ALL friendly is a bunch of BS.

Marc
otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

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I can't speak for John

>>Go here for a list of parachute centers which are members of the USPA.

They're all friendly!

http://www.uspa.org/dz/index.htm

[riggerrob 558]

Skydiving is a small community, so I am reluctant to publicly criticize some of the DZs I used to work at. Oh, wait a minute, most the DZOs that I did not get along with are out of business, funny how that happens.
In the long run, their own bad karma forces them out of business.
I retrospect, I was treated well by Skydive Kangaroo, Skydive Hinkley, Byron, California City, Hemet, Perris, Elsinore, Snohomish and Pitt Meadows.