Freefly vs FeeFly jerks at DZ

[SniperCJ 0]

This is the biggest reason I wish I had discovered skydiving when i was 20 instead of when i was 35. I think in the earlier days of jumping it was all about jumping and helping to pass along the knowledge. Now it seems everyone want to try to make a living at it. Nice if you can make it work but not everyone can. I started packing last year and my entire goal was to pay for some of my jumps, not to get rich or monopolize the market. There are guys who expect to get paid for every little piece of advice they dispense. Sad that they cant just pass along the lessons they were given when they were learning.
Kick him in the nuts.
Blues
CJ

[RemiAndKaren 0]

I'm not sure about the US, but is there a coach rating per say within USPA?
(Warning: the annoying Cannuck is gonna start again with "back in Canada")
Back in Canada, if you had your Coach 2 Rating, you'd have a pretty rock solid argument to say f**k off to that prick wannabe schoolmaster! You'd be sanctioned by the sport's governing body to jumps with low timers, and how (or if) you get paid is your call and your call only...
Remi
Muff 914

[skymedic 0]

Remi, yes there is a coach rating...in USPA.
Marc
Because I fly, I envy no man on earth

[sinister69 0]

What skymonkey said. that friend was me and the guys at the skydiving school and skydive u want to have all the money to themselves. Said it was required that I go through skydive u to get my 3 rw jumps so I could get my A license. I asked around and found out it wasn't true. Talked to the load organizer and he did my rw jumps for free. There is nowhere in the USPA book that says you have to do your rw's with skydive u.
Blue Skies!
Sinister69
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[jfields 0]

Sinister69,
I agree that nobody should be coerced into Skydive U, or any other type of paid training. It isn't right. That said, I went to Cross Keys one weekend specifically for Skydive U. It was expensive, but worth it. I'd done lots of solo jumps and some crappy RW, because I didn't know some basics. It was difficult to find people at my DZ that had the patience and inclination to help. That has since changed a bit, but I found the instruction I got with Skydive U gave me a hand up the learning curve. Now it is easier for me to get on RW jumps, so I can continue improving.
I posted my thoughts on the particular experience you and Skymonkey had earlier in the thread. But I don't think your situation was typical. At least not from the admittedly few DZs I've been to. At Cross Keys, there is both Skydive U and freefly training (Monkey Claw) available, but no pressure to do either. They seem to get business because they are good at what they do and are nice folks.
Justin
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