And that's why I didn't vote for her, these sort of knee jerk reactions. Just like the density altitude bullshit she tried to get passed in a meeting a couple of years ago. Sure it makes a slight difference, but its a knee jerk reaction to a bigger problem. Overall education instead of focusing on the small things that good quality coaching will allow people to overcome without clouding the true issue.
If the USPA would quit fucking around paying lip service to Laidlaw's AIC and turn around and say people like Scott Miller can't have an approved canopy course or they create a canopy coach curriculum, then the system is obviously broken.
Education is the key to preventing future fatilities. Just like the low pull "situation" we had a number of years ago and the AAD knee jerk reaction we had a few years after that. Education has pretty much fixed that problem and education is the key to fixing the problem with canopies. Creating more rules on DZs through the USPA to further show that the USPA is a tiger with no teeth will further spin our sport down the drain continuing to show the FAA that the USPA can't regulate their own sport. Educating jumpers, just as the AOPA educates their pilots, is the path towards fixing the current crop of problems the jumping community are experiencing.
If education is sought and taught then in a few more years we'll talk about "back in the day" when people didn't know how to properly fly a canopy and kept killing themselves and each other. Then we can move on to whatever new situation is killing our friends in this sport. Once you have tasted flight, you'll wonder why it tastes like fart.
