Interesting Statistics of our industry

[MikeTJumps 4]

Here is a link to an extensive compilation of our industry's statistics, courtesy of Dan Poynter.

http://parapub.com/parachute/statistics.html

Mike Turoff
Instructor Examiner, USPA
Co-author of Parachuting, The Skydiver's Handbook

[mjosparky 3]

clicky


Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[MikeJD 0]

Some interesting figures in there. But I had to laugh at the age statistics - 20% of skydivers are aged 0 - 29. Wonder how many of those are aged 0?

• Quote

[MikeTJumps 4]

Beats me, but I'll bet there are some in-utero jumps that would fit into that catagory!

Mike Turoff
Instructor Examiner, USPA
Co-author of Parachuting, The Skydiver's Handbook

[wmw999 2,147]

Quote

in-utero jumps

Who would do such a thing

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[upndownshop 0]

Quote

Beats me, but I'll bet there are some in-utero jumps that would fit into that catagory!

I would 24x's, so I was told..

[wmw999 2,147]

The smilie and angelic is because my son (as Mike T knows) has about 50
Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[upndownshop 0]

Quote

The smilie and angelic is because my son (as Mike T knows) has about 50
Wendy W.

So will he be on our 2nd gen jump at SkyFest???

well...will he??

[JohnRich 4]

Hi Mike. Thanks for that link.

I'm struck by this stat:

Manufacturer profitability
(15 manufacturers)
1996-2000: $5.1 million on sales of $81 million.

That's only 6% profit from gross sales. So on that $1,500 canopy we buy, they make a whopping $90.

I think I'll stop bitching about the cost of parachute gear now.

[airtwardo 6]

Quote

Hi Mike. Thanks for that link.

I'm struck by this stat:

Manufacturer profitability
(15 manufacturers)
1996-2000: $5.1 million on sales of $81 million.

That's only 6% profit from gross sales. So on that $1,500 canopy we buy, they make a whopping $90.


***

Overall...6%???

I'll bet it's deceiving in part because it's not the cost of labor & materials that got into that gear, but the R&D and certification.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

• Quote

[MikeTJumps 4]

Unfortunately, I have two obligations from 7/7 through 7/18 that will keep me out of Texas.

#1 My father's 88th birthday up in CT the weekend of 7/9-10. His BD is 7/13.

#2 Participation at the USPA's BOD meeting in Alexandria, VA from Friday, 7/15 through Sunday, 7/17.

I encourage all going to the skyfest to enjoy themselves and be safe.

Mike Turoff
Instructor Examiner, USPA
Co-author of Parachuting, The Skydiver's Handbook

[upndownshop 0]

Quote

Unfortunately, I have two obligations from 7/7 through 7/18 that will keep me out of Texas.

#1 My father's 88th birthday up in CT the weekend of 7/9-10. His BD is 7/13.

#2 Participation at the USPA's BOD meeting in Alexandria, VA from Friday, 7/15 through Sunday, 7/17.

Thanks Mike, thats great Mike 88 wow! My dads BD was 7-23. Can you suggest in teh Board Meeting that they change their date, every year SkyFest conflicts with the meeting, you guys need to come and play too!
Have a good one.

I encourage all going to the skyfest to enjoy themselves and be safe.

[kallend 1,647]

The table listing risks from various activities needs CAREFUL interpretation, since it implicitly assumes that everyone in the US is at risk from the stated activity. For example:

Motorcycle rider, 3,215 incidents leading to a one year risk of 1 in 89,562 is really silly, since it assumes that all 288,000,000 Americans are motorcyclists. In fact, only motorcycle riders, a much smaller number, are at risk from dying as a result of riding a motorcycle, so the odds of dying are much higher than quoted.

Using this methodology we would get the 1 year risk of dying skydiving of roughly 1 in 8 million. A useless number, since if you actually skydive the risk is around 1 in 1000, and if you don't the risk is zero.

...

The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.