I just think until you know what the student is going to actually do when completely let go, two instructors is a good insurance policy. Then the instructors can notate in the schools logs - "this student floats like a feather" so the next jumps are assigned to an instructor who also floats. I think the first let go skydive should have two instructors, perhaps with even slightly opposite body shapes/fallrates themselves, so if the student goes super slow or super fast - you have one instructor that finds that speed to be the center of their range and the other who is maxed out - just in case the you know what hits the fan. I find level 3 (first let go two instructor dive) to be the hardest as an AFFI. On levels 4-7 typically they have flips, turns, and forward motion until the end - and typically these maneuvers cause the student to keep the fall rate fast - and mind busy so they don't tense up. On the first let go skydive (level 3) - students often have nothing to do except hold heading and remain altitude aware after a practice touch and COA, so during the short circles they can get more and more and more tense as their brain has time to think about what they are actually doing and the upcoming pull, thus flattening out, maybe spinning, and slowing down right before pull time. And I have jumped with people who fell like a brick while built like a feather. I have jumped with people who I thought would be fast who turned out to push my limits on slowfall. I would not want to be a single AFF instructor on the first let go skydive unless the student has documented (video) time in a windtunnel being able to prove well rounded flying skills. Many of the problems I pointed out also are problems with AFF-only students, too, as can be expected of anyone learing how to jump out of airplanes and save their lives.Īfter the three tandem jumps teaching, altitude awareness, stability, pulls, forward movement, and turns, I am assuming that one AFFI could handle the progression quite well. Many transition students I have seen have to repeat the AFF Level 3 they come in on.ĭon't get me wrong, I'm not against Tandem-to-AFF transitions but really, it comes with its own set of problems to overcome.many of which couldĭisclaimer before the real instructors pipe in to contradict: That also applies to AFF Level 2 team turns. Regardless of how a TI tries NOT to help a student with manuevers, they really can't help it, I think. Relative motion takes much more input moving two people than one and tandem students tend to over-do movements such as turning and forward movement when transitioning to AFF.Īctions could easily flip them over on their back and/or cause hard spins in AFF don't have the same results in Tandem progression. ![]() Tandem progression students quite too often tend to do the tandem-butt-slide landings regardless of how much PLF training they do.īody position is all important in AFF and students don't get the real feel for flying the relative wind on a tandem. Learning canopy control is much easier with someone right there in the air with you. The idea of getting the "deer-in-the-headlights" sensory overload out of the way before doing AFF Level 1 is very good. Not a TI, but a Caoch who has taught many FJCs:Īny transition student I get, gets the full FJC.nothing missing. My Chief AFF instructor, also the S&TA here is quite leary about taking a student on a one jumpmaster dive. After the three tandem jumps teaching, altitude awareness, stability, pulls, forward movement, and turns, I am assuming that one AFFI could handle the progression quite well. Sometimes two AFFI's are not available at all for levels 1, 2, and 3. ![]() We have only three AFFI's, two of which are also TI's. Some of my AFF instructors have quit the sport altogether and the new upcomers are afraid to try for the rating or can't afford the training and USPA cert course. Now days we are short on AFF instructors. We have been "specializing" in AFF for years. As of right now I offer IAD and AFF for students wanting to progress in the sport. I am the DZO at a small two cessna dropzone in Oklahoma.
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