How much time and money it takes to become a tandem instructor???

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I want to know that becose I want to do that as soon as possible.

[outlawphx 1]

The first thing to do (other than getting another 260 jumps) is to get your USPA coach rating.

[bmcd308 0]

drakeshelby just became one. PM him to ask what it cost.

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[brettpobastad 0]

Thousands of dollars in medical treatment and physical therapy when your shoulders and knees go south after a thousand or so tandems. It's the Cessnas and the fat chicks man, stay away from 'em. On second thought, forget the whole tandem idea. It'll fuck up your skydiving life for slave wages....and this world has about twice to0 many 'tandem instructors' as it is.

Brett

"It's only arrogance if you can't back it up"

[Rewant 0]

OK
This seams a real problem!!!
But te skydiving is the live for me and I want to do all my live that.
And how alse I can do skydiving and earn money to sustain myself???

[freefalle 0]

Tandem ratings, well lets break it down, your milage may vary on who teaches your course

1 coach rating 150.00 instructor fee and a minimum of 4 slots (2 jumps you and the evaluator)

1. FAA medical physical 80.00

1 instructor fee for the tandem evaluator, gear rental, and 19 slots around 1000.00

I think thats a pretty close estimation.

Don't forget you have to have a minimum of 500 jumps and three years in the sport to get your rating. Also depending on which manufactures rating you are getting you have to have at least one cutaway.

[bob.dino 0]

You're in Romania. Ask your national federation; the answers given here will probably only relate to the USPA.

Actually, you were already given that answer .

[Rewant 0]

In Romania we hawe only 2 tandem instructors . And they don't have the licence from here, they got the licence with an italian instructor.

Blue sky

[NSEMN8R 0]

Maybe you can work something out with your dz? I got a Strong rating in '03 and it cost me about $300 with the medical and everything. The dz covered the slots and gear, but I had to commit to doing at least 100 of them. If I wanted to quit early I would have had to pay them back.

Good luck with it and enjoy the fun jumps while you can. With only 3 TIs in the whole country you're probably going to be too busy once you get your rating.

[javip82 0]

What do you need to get your USPA coach rating?
and what if you wanted to be an aff instructor. What do you need then?

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the problem is : here in Romania its only 1 real dz , the rest of the dz its financied by the state and ....

[bob.dino 0]

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the rest of the dz its financied by the state and ....

...and you can only do hop n pops, right? There's a group of Romanians jumping at our DZ at the moment and I've been told that's the situation for you guys.

Not pleasant .

[riggerrob 558]

Selling drugs pays better.

[skypuppy 1]

And taking drugs probably makes you feel better -- considering all the politics etc. that goes on at the dz.

If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead.
Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

[riggerrob 558]

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And taking drugs probably makes you feel better -- considering all the politics etc. that goes on at the dz.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Wish I had consumed a bucketful of drugs last weekend!
Hee!
Hee!

[scrublink 0]

How much you got?