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    I'll have my left hand on the strut, fairly far out, my right hand on the yoke of the student's container holding the PC, left foot on the step/wheel, and right foot on the back edge of the door. My Container would be roughly facing the 10 o'clock direction of the plane axis, maybe a bit angled upward.



    I think we "may" be doing the same thing during the initial climbout, in which my body is about the same. If you stop there, then that's where the difference begins. As the student is swinging out on the strut, my right foot then gets brought to the right furthest edge of the strut and I am squatting on the step facing forward so that I am inches from their face and can ensure my right arm with the P/C and bridle remains in the center of their back.

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    The whole idea of climbing out onto the wing with your back exposed to the prop of a C182 sort of bothers me.



    I am VERy confused by this statement. Exactly how are you climbing out that your reserve is exposed to the prop???

    When I climb out with the student, we're side by side facing forward. I have one hand on the strut, both feet on the step, and my hand with their P/C in their back the whole way.

    Please elaborate.

  8. Fortunately and unfortunately, I accepted a new job a couple of weeks ago. Actually, I was offered two jobs in the same week. The first offer was an old boss of mine who made the offer and blocked out the WFFC week as part of the offer.

    The second offer that came in was more lucrative, but I could not get the week of WFFC as part of the package because they needed someone to prepare them for an end of August system deployment.

    I had to choose. One choice would have been an emotional one and the other a more logical one. While it would have been easy to accept the choice that included WFFC, I don't know that I would have been as passionate about that job for 51 weeks for the one week of passion at WFFC. So, this year, I skip the WFFC.

    To all that are there and that have seen regularly over the years, Mar, Doc, Brentster, Marcus, Hutch, Lee, Steve, Djan, Anthony, Tony, et. al. I'd like to say that I know you're missing me as much as I'm missing you, but you'd be lying. ;)

    Wishing I was there and not being such a responsible adult. Please be safe, enjoy, and one more thing...

    Please make sure there's at least one no suit, no stress, sunset Anvil Brothers dive for me.

  10. First the ratio of reserve rides is pretty high when compared to failed reserves. Parachutes these days have a 99.997% probability of opening - for both mains and reserves. The odds of something happening with both are pretty phenomenal.

    Having said that, if you pull silver and the reserve doesn't leave your back; as mentioned earlier, use your elbows to bang on the side of the reserve pack tray (if memory serves, this scenario is what drove Mick C. to invent the catapualt system in his Reflex)

    As for the bag lock on a reserve, it's "probably" (not the only) the brake lines that need to be pulled on vigorously. We have replicated a reserve bag lock on the ground and found that pulling on the toggles releases it.

    And, as everyone else has stated, do everything you can think of till you see the light. Bang on the reserve, grab the toggles, the rear risers, etc.

    Finally, you should really focus on the positives of how many times reserves have worked flawlessly, rather than the minimal amount of times they have not. Each year millions of military jumps and skydives are done around the world, with thousands of reserve rides.

    As you continue, you may wish to consider geting an intentional cutaway rig and doing an intentional cutaway just to gain the confidence that they do and will work.

    What will amaze you even more is seeing the Skyhook in action on a real cutaway situation. I am still in awe of watching that work.

  11. My question would be, "How did you get your "A" license without learning how to pack?"

    That aside; my recommendation would be to get with a instructor/rigger/packer, inquire as to how much for an evening of packing class, set a time and get after it.

  12. Contact Kat directly at Alti, she'll accomodate you individually and provide as much customer service as your used to with L&B.

    Personally, I'm sticking with the hard Alti III and the ProTrack in me bonnet. If I can bang up the aluminum Alti III well, imagine my ability to tear up a Neptune. :D

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    "about:blank" in the address bar... it was a freakin nightmare trying to get rid of that thing on my home pc (at the time these removal programs didn't exist... so it involved a lot of registry tweaking and hidden program searching).



    No doubt. That thing wore me out. Trickly little b@#$tard...weren't it?

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    3) Go to this website (http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/)which will automatically check your browser and display if any known parasites are presernt in the browser.

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    We are open to anything. All ideas will be appreciated.



    Brian,

    I too, used to gather a considerable amount of information prior to planning a trip. After awhile, I began to reflect on those parties that were the best of times were usually those impromptu, throw together spontaneous things and not the planned ones.

    Took that philosophy, applied it to my vacations, stole a line from Crocodile Dundee, "Goin on walkabout," put the two together and that's what I do.

    This is my idea to share with you. Make your decision on a direction and a distance the day before you go and head out.

    If you head to Key West, there is a little scrubby blue hotel on the east side of the highway on Marathon Key that charges about $250.00 for a week's stay. They back up to the bay which goes out to sea. If you rent a boat and head out of the channel towards the oil derrick about 5 miles off shore and go snorkeling or scuba diving, there is this coral reef just on the east side of the derrick. About thirty feet down there is this explosion of colorful fish and a few 5 foot sharks thrown in. It's difficult to describe the colors.

    About one or two Keys north of Marathon is an all you can eat seafood buffet for $20.00. You've never seen so much seafood in one place.

    If you make it to Key West, Hemingway's house is a quick and short tour. Not exactly like going to Disneyland, but it's one of those places you can say you've been.

    If you decide to head south, try to skim the western portions of North Carolina. Mountains, trees, trails and cliffs over looking lush greenery as beautiful as those in "The Last of the Mohicans" (go figure).

    Enjoy whatever direction you head.

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    one more question..... what would be the pros and cons of getting a lawyer and going that route? i could care less about recommendations and professionalism at this place, they've been fucking me for a year now, i'd love nothing more than to atleast offer my company a decent reach around.



    I'm not sure that getting a lawyer is going to do anything more than spend valuable time and energy that could be better spent in looking for a new job.

    My suggestion is to not chase negativity with additional negativity. Leave the negativity behind by using this this time in a positive manner to find a more suitable position.

    It's obvious you've been unhappy there for about a year, perhaps this exchange was enough to light the fuze under your butt to move on. It's been my experience that when these types of work environment situations occur and one moves on, they wish they'd done so sooner.

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    If you should be jumping a 170 main, you SHOULD NOT be on a 143R, you may want to consider a 160 or 176



    [sarcasm]What!?!?!? C'mon now, what are you trying to pull here? Everyone knows that if you're flying a 170 main, you should consider a reserve in the 126R range. Makes the rig smaller, looks cooler, etc. [/sarcasm]

    A voice of reason penetrates... ;)