barberic13

I can understand were your comming from. May be a little Harsh. Ill leave at this Im glad nobody got hurt and if we all learned something from it so be it .By no way shape or form am I perfect but I try to be . I just think that it could have been alot worse and dont want it to be taken lightly.

As a USPA and RWS instructor examiner, I recently viewed a video of an incident of an I/E pulling out of sequence, I have the following remarks. First, my name is Eric Butts. It is embarrassing to be considered a professional on the same level as this individual. Second, I’m concerned that this individual is not only performing tandems on a regular basis, but is in charge of educating new tandem masters. Third, On top of this gross and negligent mistake, he has the edacity to post this on a world forum with some sort of assumption that he had performed in a reasonable manner. Somehow believing that the sky hook was responsible for the save. Instead of acknowledging his out of sequence deployment. Sky hood unfortunately doesn’t claim all the credit for this save. You could just as easily thank Zeus, Jesus , or whatever deity may have been responsible for his luck. Forth, Do I have to wonder if this is the E/p he teaches to his candidates? I would like to think that Upt is already aware of this incident, . I believe that upt will take the appropriate action in this matter. Which I believe is simple. Finally, in conclusion I will not mention the many other possible outcomes that may have occurred. As professionals, we all know the reality that this could have been another double fatality. It should be perfectly clear that what is shown in this video is absolutely an OUT OF SEQUENCE DEPLOYMENT and nothing else. It is a perfect example of what not to do in this situation. I expect the rest of the skydiving community to be as alarmed and concerned as I am. Sincerely, Eric Butts