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Yeah, but that's +25 F. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

That's what the "rental fee" should be for. By my calculations, I've spent $1125 in rental fees since I started skydiving in July. I haven't had to cut away so far, and I hope to make many more jumps before I do. Now you watch, on my next jump my canopy will explode or something and I'll need one... Most of the time when they do have cutaways they recover the canopy. But you know, sometimes shit happens and they cant find it. If they're getting bent out of shape due to a lost canopy, they're probably not charging enough in rental fees. They're running a business, they should be charging enough to cover expenses and grow their business. Having people get injured or killed because they were afraid to chop when they should have is not good for business. Exactly. The DZO is responsible for normal, anticipated use of the rig; it's legally considered the "cost of doing business" even if it's in the waiver that the renter is responsible for loss or damage. The DZO would lose the case in small claims court, so make him go through the trouble of suing if he's being that big of a knob about it. On the other hand, when a jumper who just cutaway lands and starts looking for high-fives while he's jumping up and down with glee because he just had a cutaway then he isn't going to get a lot of sympathy from the DZO while the canopy flies away. It's probably a good idea to show some immediate concern for recovering the canopy and minimizing the DZO's liability. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Skydiving is not a crime... It is making love with the Gods. Now if you are a skydiver, a surfer AND a former President of the USA Don't you mean Ex-President? It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Good grief. I'm not arguing about anything. I was simply trying to point out that it's only "not necessary" because in most (all?) cases, it's not possible to fly a load of jumpers and remain within Class G (uncontrolled) airspace the entire time. Static line 'em!!!! It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

My post was about uncontrolled airspace, what part of what I said did you not understand? Akers said notification was necessary in uncontrolled airspace, I said it wasn't. Why are you arguing about controlled airspace? It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Akers specifically referred to uncontrolled airspace in his post. Actually, there are large areas of Class G airspace that go all the way to 14,500 ft. and can easily be seen on sectional charts. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

You missed the part in Part 105 that says notification only needs to be made if jumping in or into controlled airspace. Jumps made in Class G (uncontrolled) airspace don't require ATC notification. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Does the dealer actually get to see all the cards? Interesting side note here: when did the mafia start settling scores by suing people who rip them off? It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Having to bail out of said airplane but logjammed in the door because some guy ten spots back won't stop trying to shove his way through while yelling GTFO OF MY WAY, YOU MAGGOTS! It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Man, that gang is the posterchild for how stupid gangs are. The Benny Hill theme would have been perfect for the video. Note: even the little dog wasn't afraid of them. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Next time you try a wheelie, hold on to the motorcycle! It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Why are you listening to someone who's claiming that he's rounding up lawyers from all over the country? It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Well, you have a point there- lots of atrocious behavior in the name of religion- but I'm wondering if people would have behaved badly anyway? Cooking up some other excuse to mistreat each other? Yes, but in that case, we'd simply call it a crime. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Bring lots of quarters and don't forget the Bounce. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

I'm guessing that people didn't get that "bearing arms" was the joke, punchline, and sarcasm of the commercial. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

I'm about to drop some particle physics in da club. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Mythbusters didn't use glass from a Brazilian government building. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

What's a "junior rigger"? Aren't they called "Senior Riggers"? It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

I hope their probes didn't ice over. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

I used to date that girl - then I took an arrow in the knee! It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Pad the inside of it and you'd have the coolest "vomit comet" in the sky. Wouldn't even need a parachute to free fall. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

I can't even comprehend how this is an issue! The people who think that MANDATORY LWOP for a juvenile makes sense scare the hell out of me! But then again, judging from a sampling of comments around the web, most people think that the SC just made it legal for minors to kill who ever they want and get away with it. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

I'm confused, do you mean the Flight -1 canopy course? It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

I don't believe that. Just because pilots don't do something correctly doesn't mean they never got the training, albeit likely not enough of the training taken seriously. For that event it was only the flight management computer that was measuring fuel usage from a starting fuel load that was input manually (in the wrong units of course). The fuel quantity indication system was inoperative because it was in fact not reliable (accurate) enough at the time of the introduction of the 767 to service. That's right, fuel quantity gauges were not part of the minimum equipment list. The fuel quantity system was part of the minimum equipment list, but was inadvertently left inoperative by a maintenance worker who was working on the system. The flight crew decided to continue the flight because they thought that maintenance had authorized the flight. The real problem however was that an incorrect mathematical conversion between metric and imperial units meant that the plane was carrying 22,300 lbs. of fuel (10,115 kg) instead of the 22,300 kg of fuel it needed, less than half. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

Which is why it would need to be more than just pushing a button. If you have to puch a button, then gournd the AC and call MX to come in and re-set the 'easy' button, then go through a review with upper management where you explain to them why you pushed the button, pilots are going to be far less likely to push the botton unless they really need it. That's why I likened it to declaring an emergency. It's a big pain in the ass for a ton of people when a pilot declares an emergency (we're talking airlines here). Every single time an emergency was declared, it wasn't declared at the first hint of a problem, it was after the pilots checked the book, called HQ for a work-around or solution, and then figured out they need to declare an emergency. The 'easy' button would be the same. Always there, always available, but a last resort. Your "Easy Button" wouldn't have done anything to prevent the crash of the A320, can you name an actual crash where it would have helped? Declaring an emergency isn't nearly the big deal that you think it is. Your characterization of it is a bit overly dramatic, really, "call HQ first"? It's the emergency itself that gets investigated, whether or not an emergency is ever declared. It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.