smile4jami

um....how could you all forget my FAMOUS Jello Shots! They will be there, even if i can't!!

I had my USPA card with me and I only needed 3 things to be signed off on, along with my log book which outlined all my jumps. It unfortunately didnt occur to me to call up Eloy and ask them if they allow a student cleared for solos per the USPA card to jump solo without completing a 12 coaching program. I truly wish I would have though of it.

Hi all. I am the friend that accompanied Bob to Eloy. My sole intention for heading out west was to obtain my A license prior to the end of the season. I had initially thought I would have to spend around $400 or so jumping. I thought that 3 or 4 coached and I could finish up my card and then the remaining jumps (up to # 25) could be solo @ just the price of a jump ticket. I was accustomed to paying the $60.00 - $80.00 fee for coached jumps at my home DZ and so when I was told I had to pay $150.00 for the first jump of the day, and $120 for every jump there after and had to do 11 jumps at that price to get signed off on...and couldn't jump at all if i didn’t do that, well needless to say I was very disappointed. I believe that the instruction I received probably did improved my skill level, and that it was top quality instruction, but I had to spend over $1300 dollars for something that should have cost no more than $400. That money spent needlessly could have gone toward a rig to jump, or small trips through the winter keep me current. It is unfortunate that the "family" that I have been recently welcomed into (just like any family) has such bad eggs. Hopefully (and from what I am reading here) those bad eggs are far and few in-between. I am so thankful for my home DZ (Tecumseh) where I began and will remain, if I would have started in Eloy I surely would not want to be as much a part of this sport as I am. I would most likely be flat broke and unable to jump!!!