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Gotta agree with you on the champagne, that's some nasty stuff. And Butterscotch, bleeeeccccchhhhhh.

Nope. He still has his freedom of speech. He can't be arrested or prosecuted for anything he's said. This is a private site. Owned by South Africans, hosted on Canadian servers. (at least it used to be, it may have changed) The rules are pretty clear. And not that hard to follow. Read Quade's first post in the DB Cooper thread for a pretty clear statement on how things go around here. Should a moderator moderate his own discussion, or would it maybe be better to have another mod handle that?

I think diving/gymnastics experience would translate over to base jump exits as both are "dead air" skills. I have no base experience so could be in left field here.

Internet or not that is a low class douchebag move.

Here is some interesting reading on the history of German "gun control". http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/article-nazilaw.pdf

I do! But, you are not going to like the Locical Connections I'll make. I'll take a stab at it..... Per profile main is a 150 @1.23 res is a 143 @1.29 and swooping is mentioned. Freefall was not challenging enough so he started camera flying per his own posts. All this with 75 jumps. The only logical connection I can make is that he has "mad skillz".

Hmmm? Well. That explains that! Paging davelepka........... Filming a student at 75 jumps, what could go wrong?????????? I love hijacking heartfelt threads with whiny bullshit also

Hmmm? Well. That explains that! Paging davelepka........... Filming a student at 75 jumps, what could go wrong??????????

Glad to hear someone is on top of it.

Thank you for allowing me to participate, I'm sure I got as much out of it as he did. Is there anything we (dz.commers) can do for the kids this X-mas?

Speaking of sleeping kids, how's Jordan doing? I may not agree with you on some things, but you have my respect and thanks for all you do with those kids. James

Where did you get those figures?

Would you want someone who was possibly impaired teaching a person life saving skills that they will encounter possibly later that day? How about someone who was possibly impaired and with a student that has now gotten away from them, on their back, spinning at 5k? There's not much time to be sluggish. I know that it is the responsibility of the student to save their life, but it is the responsibility of the instructor to make sure that student is capable of doing so. If the instructor was under the influence (and maybe even just barely) and something happened to the student that resulted in an investigation, who do you think a jury would side with? You ask questions I thought I answered in the post you responded to, I'm not advocating for MMJ card holders to work on dropzones. If I owned a drop zone I would hope the law would clearly allow me to protect my assets by not hiring MMJ card holders. I'm not sure that is the case here.

I would think if pilots and TM's are at stake, so are riggers and packers. That leaves vidiots, AFF-Is and coaches... and I could probably argue a vaild point against the AFF-Is... B would certainly apply to pilots, I may be stretching it to apply to TMs. I'm not familiar with how this would apply to riggers and packers. How would you argue it with AFF-Is? Please remember I'm not saying any of this is in any way OK. I'm just looking at the law as written.

im pretty sure there is absolutely no protection for anyone using Dope when it is a requirement to be drug free especially in any field that is dangerous and or people's lives are at stake. Could be wrong the communist republic of califuckedup might have something retarded like that. An MMJ card doesn't protect you from losing your job if you piss positive on a dropzone. DZ policy makes that determination. 36-2813. Discrimination prohibited (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. No school or landlord may refuse to enroll or lease to and may not otherwise penalize a person solely for his status as a cardholder, unless failing to do so would cause the school or landlord to lose a monetary or licensing related benefit under federal law or regulations. B. Unless a failure to do so would cause an employer to lose a monetary or licensing related benefit under federal law or regulations, an employer may not discriminate against a person in hiring, termination or imposing any term or condition of employment or otherwise penalize a person based upon either: 1. The person's status as a cardholder. 2. A registered qualifying patient's positive drug test for marijuana components or metabolites, unless the patient used, possessed or was impaired by marijuana on the premises of the place of employment or during the hours of employment. C. For the purposes of medical care, including organ transplants, a registered qualifying patient's authorized use of marijuana must be considered the equivalent of the use of any other medication under the direction of a physician and does not constitute the use of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify a registered qualifying patient from medical care. D. No person may be denied custody of or visitation or parenting time with a minor, and there is no presumption of neglect or child endangerment for conduct allowed under this chapter, unless the person's behavior creates an unreasonable danger to the safety of the minor as established by clear and convincing evidence. This is not from California's law. B would allow the firing of pilots and TMs. I'm not sure you could fire other employees and get away with it. As an employer in this state I'll be curious to see how this plays out when run through the courts.

http://www.risingup.com/fars/info/part91-15-FAR.shtml

Well, see that is just the problem with mandating drug testing, it only really targets cannabis users over all and hardly if ever busts those using hard drugs like, meth, LSD, H, Coke, XTC, etc. Those drugs leave the system in 24 hrs or less, unlike herbs. So the real truth of the matter, based on 40 some years being around and watching as well as being a player in the dropzone world..... It's not the cannabis users who are not showing up to work because their all hung over. It's not the cannabis users who show up only a few hrs after closing the bar or hitting the rave or even the DZ party, reeking of booze and drag assing around looking like and smelling like, shit. Then to top it all off, they stand around bragging all about how fucked up they were and all the stupid human tricks they did last nite, in front of the TDM's /students. Or in some cases have to be woke the fuck up off a dz couch in the main office area in front of everyone. The cannabis users, went to bed at a reasonable time, got up on time, have all be up for hrs, shit, showered, shaved and been working already for the last few hours cleaning up the shit the drunks left laying around, packing the gear the drunks left unpacked because their in too big a hurry to start partying at the end of the day. The cannabis users are by far a better staff members to have around then those who drink and use real drugs. And now with 17 states, allowing for card MMJ holders and it looks like more to follow soon, here in the States and other parts of the world that now makes for a interesting problem for some people and businesses. Why would it cause problems for employers? Carry a medical card doesn't give you a pass. Test dirty and your not working for me and I'm a recovering junky. You can choose to get high or you can choose to work. Seems like a pretty easy choice and personally that should be the only choice no reason to put people in jail for it. Get high don't get to work don't get to drive. That's my answer to the problem. This would not be legal in some states that have anti discrimination rules written into their MMJ laws. Tandem guys would be easy though, just report them to the FAA for using MMJ and they would lose their medical.

Oklahoma, I doubt it. On the other hand some bottom feeding shyster will probably sue to get some cash for the "victim". James

We have been pretty happy with Roku.

Rabid SC conservative poster personna on.... Why heck, that's just one more list of things Obama couldn't get done. Rabid SC conservative personna off.... James

I'm glad I have alot of doctors and lawyers as customers. Even in the down times they always seem to make the $$$$$. Seriously though, we make most of our money on boat rentals and are depending largely on the middle class. It has been a tough 4 or 5 years.

It's the "really heavy duty" part I question as safe advice for another lower time jumper. That along with the camera thread caused me to wonder if he knew what's on the line here. You are correct though, that was probably a bit much.

Ad service jobs to the doctors and health aids. It's not cost effective to ship your boat to China so you bring it to me to fix and pay $95hr.

You sir, should stop giving advise that could get someone killed.