jimmurt

I don't think it's a horrific thing to say at all in fairness. Do you think bosses have the right to dictate to employees what they do in their spare time, especially when it's a legal sport? My boss actually said fair enough and it was left at that. I do like Ramen Noodles, pork is my favourite. Regarding the job interview, it was on my resume. I could take it out but I'm too stubborn I guess. Taking it off the resume would be like admitting it's wrong and if I don't get a job because of it, well so be it. It was only one person who reacted that way out of four.

Has any ever experienced negative responses from work management when they found out one of your hobbies was skydiving. I was on a project in the states last year for a couple of months. At a company lunch a workmate was asked what we were getting up to in our spare time. Agmonst other things he mentioned I was starting a skydiving course. He called me later that day to give me a heads up as he said he might have got me in trouble. I thought the worst. When he told me he had 'let it slip' that I was skydiving, I nearly fell off my chair laughing. I told him it wasn't a secret and not to worry about it. Apparently the HR director of the company we were working for was non too happy about me doing the AFF course (note: the other main activity he mentioned we were doing was boozing to which nobody batted an eyelid!). My boss called me in the next day to ask me about the course. I explained it all to him about the groundschool, safety training etc and also pointed out that what I did at the weekends was my own business (not an illegal activity after all). Recently I got another bad response in a job interview so I was wondering is this common and has anyone out there experienced this? Maybe I should look for work at a dropzone.

Thanks Guys, I'll decide over the next week and then book. What's the AFF course like, is it difficult to pass?

Hi, I want to do an AFF course and follow it up by getting my A licence. I live in Carlsbad. Does anyone have any thoughts on the best dropzone to visit? If you liked or disliked a particular DZ, can you follow it up with reasons, e.g. price, atmosphere etc. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim