Instructors How Do YOU Teach PC In Tow

[sducoach 0]

Poohbeer,

Do and train to what your instructor teaches you. Emergency procedures need to be ingrained and automatic. At this point don't confuse yourself with all our "experienced" opinions. Ask your instructor to sit down and explain his training method and why.
CONGRATS!!!!Now you Are One!!!
Blues,
J.E.

James 4:8

[Luminous 0]

What make's you think your going to be fast enough to "cutaway if needed" ?

Once the freebag leaves the container and loosens things up, the main D-bag could be right behind it, and you'll have a deploying reserve and main before you realize it.

IMO your increasing your risk by choosing the "2 possible fixes" route. If you cutaway you decrease the chances of anything entangleing with your deploying reserve.

That being said, why would you teach your students anything but what you consider to be the best possible solution, regardless of overload, considering what we know about reverting to what you were first taught in times of stress.

ohhhh... obviously I teach cutaway and reserve.

Added: whoops.. Thanks SkymonkeyONE. I neglected to mention I'm referring to any "have pulled" situation. If nothing has been pulled I teach 'em to go straight to the reserve handle. If in a practice "no pull" scenario they do both, I let it go at that.

BSBD
Larry

'In an insane society a sane person seems insane.' Mr. Spock

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

If the deployment device, in our case with all of our gear, both student and rental: BOC, then it's a partial malfunction and you execute full cutaway procedures (after attempting to clear the burble). The only time you go straight to the reserve is on a total. In our case that means that you either could not locate the handle in order to pull it, or htat you found it but could not get it pulled out of the pouch.

Chuck Blue
D-12501
AFF/SL/Tandem/BM-I, S&TA, PRO
Manager, Raeford Parachute Center School