re: skydiving- they will force you ???

[bonquiqui]

Wow, that is sucky of them says the girl who will NEVER skydive

[louloudi87]

Dear God, thats scary!

[housegeek]

I've always heard they will force you out.

[bonquiqui]

May 27, 2012 12:52:48 GMT -5 housegeek said:

I've always heard they will force you out.

That is terrible

[housegeek]

You're supposed to be correctly harnessed, its safe whether you go because you want to or not. I've always heard they force you out because if you're a first timer, you often literally cannot will yourself to jump out of a plane. They expect that, and are supposed to let you know several times before you even get on the plane that that is what will happen.
Whats not supposed to happen is nearly falling out of the harness, thats a bigger issue here IMO.

[underwaterrhymes]

To be fair, it's really hard to hear in the plane. You have to shout to be heard even before you get close to jumping out, and they will tell you that once you're in that doorway, you have to wait until you're under canopy to have a conversation with your instructor as they can't hear you at all. Chances are he didn't have a clue that she didn't really want to do it anymore.

Still, that's absolutely terrifying.

[underwaterrhymes]

May 27, 2012 13:09:31 GMT -5 housegeek said:

You're supposed to be correctly harnessed, its safe whether you go because you want to or not. I've always heard they force you out because if you're a first timer, you often literally cannot will yourself to jump out of a plane. They expect that, and are supposed to let you know several times before you even get on the plane that that is what will happen.
Whats not supposed to happen is nearly falling out of the harness, thats a bigger issue here IMO.

This is sort of true. It's not really a "forcing" thing, but more of a momentum thing. When you're diving in tandem, it's the instructor who guides your exit, not the student.

[anlo]

Never skydiving, ever. No.

[momnteach]

Is this the 80 year old lady? Stupid phone won't take me to the link. if so, I watched this on the news last night. they said it happened a year ago but just went viral. So i guess the woman did not have the strength to walk to the edge and chuck herself out. That's why it looks like she's being pushed. They also said she fainted and that's why she looks like she's dangling. The lady backed the story and was just upset that her undergarments were exposed! She says she wasn't pushed. My exbf n I went skydiving and he was yelling no at the door and the guy still jumped with him. I don't think the guy could hear my exbf though. I was right there and didn't hear him. He just told me after. He was always such a pussy.

[statlerwaldorf]

It makes sense that the instructor possibly couldn't hear her or needed to help her out. But nearly falling out of the harness? That shouldn't happen under any circumstances.

[sterl724]

Oh man! I can't even imagine what must have been going through that poor woman's head!

[underwaterrhymes]

May 27, 2012 14:09:05 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

It makes sense that the instructor possibly couldn't hear her or needed to help her out. But nearly falling out of the harness? That shouldn't happen under any circumstances.

Absolutely. That is the issue here. Clearly certain safety regulations were not followed.