Posted by Kendall Raine on September 24, 2002 at 17:10:56:
In Reply to: Re: Three comments posted by Eagle Ray on September 24, 2002 at 16:32:45:
Who knows whether the ESA contributed to the fatality, but your point about risky, last ditch, emergency procedures is right on.
One practices cutting away a bad primary canopy in sky diving all the time-on the ground. It's never done in the air unless there is a real malfunction.
The real wear and tear is on the instructors, as Patrick noted. I wonder why they put up with it.