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ultra magnus13 posted...

If he was certified his parachute would have opened.

When I went all people certified to jump tandem packed there own chute, and had another certified person observe/assist them to ensure it was done properly, they also all had a reserve parachute they packed.

Good info.
Still confirms what I thought. Unless he wasn't the only non-certified instructor there, then surely the parachutes should have already been inspected and someone else should have been in the vicinity to double check he packed the back up and so forth.
Which...maybe he wasn't the only one? Can't tell from what's posted. But it still sounds like if he was the only non-certified instructor there, this either shouldn't have happened or it was just faulty parachutes and bad luck.

The more I think about it....who in the fuck would choose to become a skydiving instructor without being DAMN SURE he knew what he was doing? I don't care how good the pay is, I'm not jumping out a plane w/o all of the training (and even then, I wouldn't....).