Slappie 9 #1 December 28, 2001 Ok everyone I'm going to rant! I've paid my dues to become a member of USPA I've also finished all my student training. Sometime this year they changed the regs for the A. You don't have a test anymore. You have a Yellow Card of things you must do. Your JM/Instructor signs off on your accomplisments as you go. I have recently gotten everything signed off and got the card stamped by a USPA Instructor. From what I have been told by the person who signed me off I do not need to send in the card to get a license number. This card if enough. Basicly it's an A rating. I called USPA yesterday and asked how I get my A number. {remember I've paid my 50$ something already} They told me to mail it in with $20 to receive my number!!!! Now I understand they need money to do things on our behalf and stuff. But I figured my first payment to join got me my A number!!!! I'm thinking of just waiting till I have enough to qualify for my B C or D and do it all at once. This is a total bummer for me. Just to get my name in Parachutist and a number I have to pay ANOTHER $20!!!I CALL BULLSHIT!!!My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #2 December 28, 2001 QuoteI called USPA yesterday and asked how I get my A number. {remember I've paid my 50$ something already} They told me to mail it in with $20 to receive my number!!!! You paid $50 to be a member of USPA for one year. For that you get a year of the magazine, third party liability insurance, your Gold Wings and I think your 12-hour freefall badge for free (when you earn them) and an organization that is working to keep you in the air. Next year you're going to have to pay $50 again if you want to remain a member of USPA. Nowhere on the membership application is it mentioned that your first (or any) license is included with the membership dues.You pay $20 if you want a license number - that's $20 for an A number, $20 for a B number, $20 for a C number and $20 for a D number. It's been this way for the 12 years I've been jumping; amazingly enough the price has not increased once during that time. If you wait 'til you have completed the requirements for all four licenses you can get your D number only for $20 then... if you want four license numbers you're gonna hafta pay $80 regardless of if you apply for them seperately or at the same time.This is all spelled out pretty clearly in the USPA SIM... which you should have or have access to if you've already completed the A license requirements.Bullshit? Obviously skydiving isn't real important to you if you aren't willing to help support the organization that keeps you in the air with the equivalent of one jump ticket, in exchange for which you get your name in a glossy national magazine and a card that allows you to jump at pretty much any dz in the world without having to show your logbook or prove your skills.Skydiving is an expensive sport. Get used to it, cuz things aren't going to get any cheaper. pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyberskydive 0 #3 December 28, 2001 Oh cmon now slappie, you mean to tell me that nice job you have sitting at a computer alt-tabbing between dz.com, your chat, and your work when you boss comes by, doesnt pay you enough to afford that?-lmfao yup http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #4 December 28, 2001 OUCH I FEEL SPANKED!!! I agree with everything you said Lisa. I'm just extremely broke and was ranting. LOL I'm not dissing USPA I was just upset about money!! Please do NOT SAY I do not care about skydiving!! I'm an avid jumper! I'm willing to pay what I need to, to receive my number. Like I said before I was ranting about MONEY! Period just another hand in my back pocket.... That was it My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cyberskydive 0 #5 December 28, 2001 Hey advertising slogan! Skydiving : The biggest hand you'll ever have in your back pocket!"or the always famous one:" That'll be 150 dollars today, and half your paycheck for the rest of your life."http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chicagoskydiver 0 #6 December 28, 2001 Sorry, Slappie, I have to agree with everything Lisa just said. However, if you don't want an A license number, or don't care about having one, that yellow card with the stamp on it serves as your A license and should be honored at any drop zone. To get higher licences than that, you'll have to pay the fee. It is a small price to pay considering everything the organization does for us. Basically, it just covers the cost of processing and record keeping.Hackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skreamer 1 #7 December 28, 2001 So, Lisa, you standing for election to the board of the USPA anytime soon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #8 December 28, 2001 Slappie,To be more succinct in my rebuttal of your comments:WAH, WAH, WAH!!!! Quit yer' whinin'! JustinMy Homepage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #9 December 28, 2001 QuoteTo be more succinct in my rebuttal of your comments: Huh? What you sayin? BTW STFU!! My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skreamer 1 #10 December 28, 2001 Most excellent - a chick fight! (My money is on Justin getting bitch-Slappied).On the bell come out with your handbags swinging! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #11 December 28, 2001 Just sort of going along Lisa's point a bit...Dunno how many people frequent wreck, but if you've been there even a small amount of time you'll note Treetop has a real beef with the USPA.I've never really seen what the big deal is, other than some political BS with the BoD, but heck you have that everywhere.But if anyone really questions what purpose the USPA serves I think we only need to go back to the weeks following Sept. 11 to see that they do actually serve all of us. I for one am extremely grateful to all of the people at the USPA who spent countless hours working to educate people in DC and get us back in the air.Your money is well spent.Oh, and BTW, I routinely spend the extra $19 to get my number expedited. "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cyberskydive 0 #12 December 28, 2001 QuoteBut if anyone really questions what purpose the USPA serves I think we only need to go back to the weeks following Sept. 11 to see that they do actually serve all of us. I for one am extremely grateful to all of the people at the USPA who spent countless hours working to educate people in DC and get us back in the air.Hey I got published in parachutist the month they posted letters they recieved about that, first letter on the list too!-lolShocked me anbyway ;)http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #13 December 28, 2001 QuoteHey I got published in parachutist the month they posted letters they recieved about thatI remember reading that and forgot to congratualte you. So belated congrats! Nice letter you wrote BTW."Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mountainman 0 #14 December 28, 2001 you can only get bitch Slappied in the chat room. Right, Slap??http://JumpinDuo.com - come see the fun!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mikefarmer 0 #15 December 28, 2001 I got my A to travel with, then my C when I wanted to be a JM. Quincy would be the only use for a "B", but they really only require 50 jumps, not a B. Of course I had to get the D so I could be cool at the time. Point being, you can choose how much you want to spend based on what you want to do."It's better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool."-Marlboro Man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnischalke 0 #16 December 28, 2001 Expedited???I faxed my license last Wednesday and had the real deal in my hot little hands by Saturday. Maybe it's because I am so damn cool or just because I live 15 miles away.mikefly nylon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites canopycudler 0 #17 December 28, 2001 I haven't heard about he No test thing.. at our dz.. you have to complete the card and when your done you take the test and THEN get stamped the A lic on it.. You send it in with the USPA and $20 and within a week or so you got your number.I think $50 is cheap for the USPA membership.. damn Parachutist to me is worth a million!! $20.00 for the glory of being a licensed skydiver with number..Priceless!!Peace, Love & Skydiving..Tina Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rendezvous 0 #18 December 28, 2001 If you really love Skydiving cut down on some beers and the saturday night flings and you'll surely manage to save up a little for the license. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #19 December 28, 2001 "cut down on some beers"Now THAT has to be the worst advice I have ever heard!!!!! "I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cyberskydive 0 #20 December 29, 2001 In slappies case, it would be cut down on the drunken creeper slingshot http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airann 1 #21 December 29, 2001 Slappie, having your name in Parachutist is over rated. (page 14, January Parachutist, 1/2 page)If you dont want to do the license thing dont. Its still $20 a letter, despite the DZ info you got. I got that same incorrect info last yr. One guy with over three thousand jumps, that you may know and flew camera, never even got his A. ~Biggie deal, with Biggie fries~Once upon a time in a far off land, there needed to be a rating system and somebody needed to run it and organize things on behalf of skydivers. We dub thee ~the USPA~Good bad or indifferent, everyone has their opinion, that is the system we have. You can, if you are a member, vote to change things. http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #22 December 29, 2001 "You can, if you are a member, vote to change things."Or just whine like a little girl......"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #23 December 29, 2001 QuoteSo, Lisa, you standing for election to the board of the USPA anytime soon?Not in this lifetime.... not even if I could afford all the travel that's required of a BoD member. Political BS doesn't amuse me and BoD members have to deal with a lot of political BS. pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #24 December 29, 2001 Skydiving : The biggest hand you'll ever have in your back pocket!"===========================================but tell me that hand doesnt keep yoou smilin'slappie,most ppl feel that way about their licenses(at least, most that i know)but you need a license to jump at a different dz. so its good that you got your "A." if you wanna wiat til your "D" b4 you spend that cash that's up to you but remeber, they changed the req's to get the "A" so they may change the rest.to me $20 wasnt bad. (i was also coming to korea for a year, and wasnt sure that I CANT JUMP HERE) so i wanted the highest USPA license i could show to foreigners. (i havent even unsheathed my "B" and "C" licenses yet but will so in my opinion, it was worth the $20 either way now when you go to a NEW dz you can say look at my brand new NUMBER! Have fun, LIVE FREE, SkydiveJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airann 1 #25 December 29, 2001 Well... If it isnt LOZER again with those famous witty posts.Or just whine like a little girl......At least I have a valuable skill.http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. 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Slappie 9 #4 December 28, 2001 OUCH I FEEL SPANKED!!! I agree with everything you said Lisa. I'm just extremely broke and was ranting. LOL I'm not dissing USPA I was just upset about money!! Please do NOT SAY I do not care about skydiving!! I'm an avid jumper! I'm willing to pay what I need to, to receive my number. Like I said before I was ranting about MONEY! Period just another hand in my back pocket.... That was it My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyberskydive 0 #5 December 28, 2001 Hey advertising slogan! Skydiving : The biggest hand you'll ever have in your back pocket!"or the always famous one:" That'll be 150 dollars today, and half your paycheck for the rest of your life."http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites chicagoskydiver 0 #6 December 28, 2001 Sorry, Slappie, I have to agree with everything Lisa just said. However, if you don't want an A license number, or don't care about having one, that yellow card with the stamp on it serves as your A license and should be honored at any drop zone. To get higher licences than that, you'll have to pay the fee. It is a small price to pay considering everything the organization does for us. Basically, it just covers the cost of processing and record keeping.Hackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skreamer 1 #7 December 28, 2001 So, Lisa, you standing for election to the board of the USPA anytime soon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #8 December 28, 2001 Slappie,To be more succinct in my rebuttal of your comments:WAH, WAH, WAH!!!! Quit yer' whinin'! JustinMy Homepage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #9 December 28, 2001 QuoteTo be more succinct in my rebuttal of your comments: Huh? What you sayin? BTW STFU!! My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skreamer 1 #10 December 28, 2001 Most excellent - a chick fight! (My money is on Justin getting bitch-Slappied).On the bell come out with your handbags swinging! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #11 December 28, 2001 Just sort of going along Lisa's point a bit...Dunno how many people frequent wreck, but if you've been there even a small amount of time you'll note Treetop has a real beef with the USPA.I've never really seen what the big deal is, other than some political BS with the BoD, but heck you have that everywhere.But if anyone really questions what purpose the USPA serves I think we only need to go back to the weeks following Sept. 11 to see that they do actually serve all of us. I for one am extremely grateful to all of the people at the USPA who spent countless hours working to educate people in DC and get us back in the air.Your money is well spent.Oh, and BTW, I routinely spend the extra $19 to get my number expedited. "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cyberskydive 0 #12 December 28, 2001 QuoteBut if anyone really questions what purpose the USPA serves I think we only need to go back to the weeks following Sept. 11 to see that they do actually serve all of us. I for one am extremely grateful to all of the people at the USPA who spent countless hours working to educate people in DC and get us back in the air.Hey I got published in parachutist the month they posted letters they recieved about that, first letter on the list too!-lolShocked me anbyway ;)http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #13 December 28, 2001 QuoteHey I got published in parachutist the month they posted letters they recieved about thatI remember reading that and forgot to congratualte you. So belated congrats! Nice letter you wrote BTW."Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mountainman 0 #14 December 28, 2001 you can only get bitch Slappied in the chat room. Right, Slap??http://JumpinDuo.com - come see the fun!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mikefarmer 0 #15 December 28, 2001 I got my A to travel with, then my C when I wanted to be a JM. Quincy would be the only use for a "B", but they really only require 50 jumps, not a B. Of course I had to get the D so I could be cool at the time. Point being, you can choose how much you want to spend based on what you want to do."It's better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool."-Marlboro Man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnischalke 0 #16 December 28, 2001 Expedited???I faxed my license last Wednesday and had the real deal in my hot little hands by Saturday. Maybe it's because I am so damn cool or just because I live 15 miles away.mikefly nylon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites canopycudler 0 #17 December 28, 2001 I haven't heard about he No test thing.. at our dz.. you have to complete the card and when your done you take the test and THEN get stamped the A lic on it.. You send it in with the USPA and $20 and within a week or so you got your number.I think $50 is cheap for the USPA membership.. damn Parachutist to me is worth a million!! $20.00 for the glory of being a licensed skydiver with number..Priceless!!Peace, Love & Skydiving..Tina Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rendezvous 0 #18 December 28, 2001 If you really love Skydiving cut down on some beers and the saturday night flings and you'll surely manage to save up a little for the license. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #19 December 28, 2001 "cut down on some beers"Now THAT has to be the worst advice I have ever heard!!!!! "I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cyberskydive 0 #20 December 29, 2001 In slappies case, it would be cut down on the drunken creeper slingshot http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airann 1 #21 December 29, 2001 Slappie, having your name in Parachutist is over rated. (page 14, January Parachutist, 1/2 page)If you dont want to do the license thing dont. Its still $20 a letter, despite the DZ info you got. I got that same incorrect info last yr. One guy with over three thousand jumps, that you may know and flew camera, never even got his A. ~Biggie deal, with Biggie fries~Once upon a time in a far off land, there needed to be a rating system and somebody needed to run it and organize things on behalf of skydivers. We dub thee ~the USPA~Good bad or indifferent, everyone has their opinion, that is the system we have. You can, if you are a member, vote to change things. http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #22 December 29, 2001 "You can, if you are a member, vote to change things."Or just whine like a little girl......"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #23 December 29, 2001 QuoteSo, Lisa, you standing for election to the board of the USPA anytime soon?Not in this lifetime.... not even if I could afford all the travel that's required of a BoD member. Political BS doesn't amuse me and BoD members have to deal with a lot of political BS. pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #24 December 29, 2001 Skydiving : The biggest hand you'll ever have in your back pocket!"===========================================but tell me that hand doesnt keep yoou smilin'slappie,most ppl feel that way about their licenses(at least, most that i know)but you need a license to jump at a different dz. so its good that you got your "A." if you wanna wiat til your "D" b4 you spend that cash that's up to you but remeber, they changed the req's to get the "A" so they may change the rest.to me $20 wasnt bad. (i was also coming to korea for a year, and wasnt sure that I CANT JUMP HERE) so i wanted the highest USPA license i could show to foreigners. (i havent even unsheathed my "B" and "C" licenses yet but will so in my opinion, it was worth the $20 either way now when you go to a NEW dz you can say look at my brand new NUMBER! Have fun, LIVE FREE, SkydiveJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airann 1 #25 December 29, 2001 Well... If it isnt LOZER again with those famous witty posts.Or just whine like a little girl......At least I have a valuable skill.http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. 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chicagoskydiver 0 #6 December 28, 2001 Sorry, Slappie, I have to agree with everything Lisa just said. However, if you don't want an A license number, or don't care about having one, that yellow card with the stamp on it serves as your A license and should be honored at any drop zone. To get higher licences than that, you'll have to pay the fee. It is a small price to pay considering everything the organization does for us. Basically, it just covers the cost of processing and record keeping.Hackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #7 December 28, 2001 So, Lisa, you standing for election to the board of the USPA anytime soon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #8 December 28, 2001 Slappie,To be more succinct in my rebuttal of your comments:WAH, WAH, WAH!!!! Quit yer' whinin'! JustinMy Homepage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #9 December 28, 2001 QuoteTo be more succinct in my rebuttal of your comments: Huh? What you sayin? BTW STFU!! My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #10 December 28, 2001 Most excellent - a chick fight! (My money is on Justin getting bitch-Slappied).On the bell come out with your handbags swinging! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #11 December 28, 2001 Just sort of going along Lisa's point a bit...Dunno how many people frequent wreck, but if you've been there even a small amount of time you'll note Treetop has a real beef with the USPA.I've never really seen what the big deal is, other than some political BS with the BoD, but heck you have that everywhere.But if anyone really questions what purpose the USPA serves I think we only need to go back to the weeks following Sept. 11 to see that they do actually serve all of us. I for one am extremely grateful to all of the people at the USPA who spent countless hours working to educate people in DC and get us back in the air.Your money is well spent.Oh, and BTW, I routinely spend the extra $19 to get my number expedited. "Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyberskydive 0 #12 December 28, 2001 QuoteBut if anyone really questions what purpose the USPA serves I think we only need to go back to the weeks following Sept. 11 to see that they do actually serve all of us. I for one am extremely grateful to all of the people at the USPA who spent countless hours working to educate people in DC and get us back in the air.Hey I got published in parachutist the month they posted letters they recieved about that, first letter on the list too!-lolShocked me anbyway ;)http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zennie 0 #13 December 28, 2001 QuoteHey I got published in parachutist the month they posted letters they recieved about thatI remember reading that and forgot to congratualte you. So belated congrats! Nice letter you wrote BTW."Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mountainman 0 #14 December 28, 2001 you can only get bitch Slappied in the chat room. Right, Slap??http://JumpinDuo.com - come see the fun!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mikefarmer 0 #15 December 28, 2001 I got my A to travel with, then my C when I wanted to be a JM. Quincy would be the only use for a "B", but they really only require 50 jumps, not a B. Of course I had to get the D so I could be cool at the time. Point being, you can choose how much you want to spend based on what you want to do."It's better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool."-Marlboro Man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnischalke 0 #16 December 28, 2001 Expedited???I faxed my license last Wednesday and had the real deal in my hot little hands by Saturday. Maybe it's because I am so damn cool or just because I live 15 miles away.mikefly nylon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites canopycudler 0 #17 December 28, 2001 I haven't heard about he No test thing.. at our dz.. you have to complete the card and when your done you take the test and THEN get stamped the A lic on it.. You send it in with the USPA and $20 and within a week or so you got your number.I think $50 is cheap for the USPA membership.. damn Parachutist to me is worth a million!! $20.00 for the glory of being a licensed skydiver with number..Priceless!!Peace, Love & Skydiving..Tina Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rendezvous 0 #18 December 28, 2001 If you really love Skydiving cut down on some beers and the saturday night flings and you'll surely manage to save up a little for the license. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #19 December 28, 2001 "cut down on some beers"Now THAT has to be the worst advice I have ever heard!!!!! "I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cyberskydive 0 #20 December 29, 2001 In slappies case, it would be cut down on the drunken creeper slingshot http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airann 1 #21 December 29, 2001 Slappie, having your name in Parachutist is over rated. (page 14, January Parachutist, 1/2 page)If you dont want to do the license thing dont. Its still $20 a letter, despite the DZ info you got. I got that same incorrect info last yr. One guy with over three thousand jumps, that you may know and flew camera, never even got his A. ~Biggie deal, with Biggie fries~Once upon a time in a far off land, there needed to be a rating system and somebody needed to run it and organize things on behalf of skydivers. We dub thee ~the USPA~Good bad or indifferent, everyone has their opinion, that is the system we have. You can, if you are a member, vote to change things. http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #22 December 29, 2001 "You can, if you are a member, vote to change things."Or just whine like a little girl......"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #23 December 29, 2001 QuoteSo, Lisa, you standing for election to the board of the USPA anytime soon?Not in this lifetime.... not even if I could afford all the travel that's required of a BoD member. Political BS doesn't amuse me and BoD members have to deal with a lot of political BS. pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #24 December 29, 2001 Skydiving : The biggest hand you'll ever have in your back pocket!"===========================================but tell me that hand doesnt keep yoou smilin'slappie,most ppl feel that way about their licenses(at least, most that i know)but you need a license to jump at a different dz. so its good that you got your "A." if you wanna wiat til your "D" b4 you spend that cash that's up to you but remeber, they changed the req's to get the "A" so they may change the rest.to me $20 wasnt bad. (i was also coming to korea for a year, and wasnt sure that I CANT JUMP HERE) so i wanted the highest USPA license i could show to foreigners. (i havent even unsheathed my "B" and "C" licenses yet but will so in my opinion, it was worth the $20 either way now when you go to a NEW dz you can say look at my brand new NUMBER! Have fun, LIVE FREE, SkydiveJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airann 1 #25 December 29, 2001 Well... If it isnt LOZER again with those famous witty posts.Or just whine like a little girl......At least I have a valuable skill.http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. 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Zennie 0 #13 December 28, 2001 QuoteHey I got published in parachutist the month they posted letters they recieved about thatI remember reading that and forgot to congratualte you. So belated congrats! Nice letter you wrote BTW."Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #14 December 28, 2001 you can only get bitch Slappied in the chat room. Right, Slap??http://JumpinDuo.com - come see the fun!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikefarmer 0 #15 December 28, 2001 I got my A to travel with, then my C when I wanted to be a JM. Quincy would be the only use for a "B", but they really only require 50 jumps, not a B. Of course I had to get the D so I could be cool at the time. Point being, you can choose how much you want to spend based on what you want to do."It's better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool."-Marlboro Man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnischalke 0 #16 December 28, 2001 Expedited???I faxed my license last Wednesday and had the real deal in my hot little hands by Saturday. Maybe it's because I am so damn cool or just because I live 15 miles away.mikefly nylon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canopycudler 0 #17 December 28, 2001 I haven't heard about he No test thing.. at our dz.. you have to complete the card and when your done you take the test and THEN get stamped the A lic on it.. You send it in with the USPA and $20 and within a week or so you got your number.I think $50 is cheap for the USPA membership.. damn Parachutist to me is worth a million!! $20.00 for the glory of being a licensed skydiver with number..Priceless!!Peace, Love & Skydiving..Tina Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rendezvous 0 #18 December 28, 2001 If you really love Skydiving cut down on some beers and the saturday night flings and you'll surely manage to save up a little for the license. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #19 December 28, 2001 "cut down on some beers"Now THAT has to be the worst advice I have ever heard!!!!! "I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyberskydive 0 #20 December 29, 2001 In slappies case, it would be cut down on the drunken creeper slingshot http://www.cyberskydive.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airann 1 #21 December 29, 2001 Slappie, having your name in Parachutist is over rated. (page 14, January Parachutist, 1/2 page)If you dont want to do the license thing dont. Its still $20 a letter, despite the DZ info you got. I got that same incorrect info last yr. One guy with over three thousand jumps, that you may know and flew camera, never even got his A. ~Biggie deal, with Biggie fries~Once upon a time in a far off land, there needed to be a rating system and somebody needed to run it and organize things on behalf of skydivers. We dub thee ~the USPA~Good bad or indifferent, everyone has their opinion, that is the system we have. You can, if you are a member, vote to change things. http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #22 December 29, 2001 "You can, if you are a member, vote to change things."Or just whine like a little girl......"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #23 December 29, 2001 QuoteSo, Lisa, you standing for election to the board of the USPA anytime soon?Not in this lifetime.... not even if I could afford all the travel that's required of a BoD member. Political BS doesn't amuse me and BoD members have to deal with a lot of political BS. pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #24 December 29, 2001 Skydiving : The biggest hand you'll ever have in your back pocket!"===========================================but tell me that hand doesnt keep yoou smilin'slappie,most ppl feel that way about their licenses(at least, most that i know)but you need a license to jump at a different dz. so its good that you got your "A." if you wanna wiat til your "D" b4 you spend that cash that's up to you but remeber, they changed the req's to get the "A" so they may change the rest.to me $20 wasnt bad. (i was also coming to korea for a year, and wasnt sure that I CANT JUMP HERE) so i wanted the highest USPA license i could show to foreigners. (i havent even unsheathed my "B" and "C" licenses yet but will so in my opinion, it was worth the $20 either way now when you go to a NEW dz you can say look at my brand new NUMBER! Have fun, LIVE FREE, SkydiveJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airann 1 #25 December 29, 2001 Well... If it isnt LOZER again with those famous witty posts.Or just whine like a little girl......At least I have a valuable skill.http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
