Should I go for AFF if I don't have access to any DZ?

[leap_0f_faith 0]

Hello everyone,
I am new here and have no experience about skydiving. But for the past 6 months or so I've become obsessed with skydiving, surfing over internet, watching videos, reading reviews and various stuffs and planning on going to Thailand to learn skydiving . And there will be cost of jumps right?

So it'd not be possible for me to jump that often. Once or twice a year maybe . Jumping with that huge gap within - won't that cause any problem? Would I be able to remember all that I've learnt in my AFF or A license course?

Please suggest me what to do? Should I spend this huge amount of money after this AFF/A license course? Or go for just a tandem .

Thanks in advance brothers.

[GAjumper84 0]

I would suggest either doing a tandem or doing a few AFF jumps with no real intention on finishing it. Knowing that you cannot stay current makes it where you would be doing recurrency jumps every time you went (1-2x per year). So basically you would waste your money to go through the entire AFF course or especially through an A license. That is unless you wanted to do it as a one time experience. Also, I wouldn't want to jump once a year and try to do it without instructors just from a safety standpoint. If you really enjoyed jumping by yourself I would suggest just paying the higher fees for AFF jumps that one time a year you go. Keep in mind this is just my opinion, others with more experience feel free to chime in.

[leap_0f_faith 0]

How often I need to jump to keep current? I can try to go once per two months and have 2-3 jumps and so on. Will this be good enough?

Please pardon my lack of knowledge and hence my stupid questions

[Trafficdiver 8]

I say go and do it! Who knows...maybe one day you'll start the first dropzone in Bangladesh.

[GAjumper84 0]

I don't know about there, in the US its one jump every 30 days on student status, A license is every 60 days.