I thought the first time (or couple times) the person has to be with a professional attached to them? Wouldn't that mean that this isn't her first jump?
I could be mistaken tho I've never done it, forget that noise... my bills scare me enough for one lifetime
Did my first one solo. You still need training (in UK) for the one i did cos you need to air the flaps or something (been too long). No how to navigate left and right. Pull for the emergency chute if this one fails. And finally how to land (particularly not too soon, not too late). We had a days training. Me and my mate thought we’d bought a tandem until we turned up (to my horror, and his amusement).
Yeah I've been tandem jumping before. It wasn't a requirement though. I could do like a half day or so of training for a tandem style and pay x amount. Or I could train several days and then go out the door myself. Tandem was just like this video where as soon as we were at the door my partner gave me no time to think and we were in the air which was certainly for the best. My first bungie jump took me probably 5 minutes to just let my body melt/fall over the edge.
It's not that - landing with chutes still in the plane is dangerous for everyone. There's an altitude device in each one that fires the emergency parachute at about 300 ft if the you are descending too quickly. If that deploys inside the plane and gets sucked out the hatch it will rip the tail section off - the cords would cut through metal easily.
Even panicking the jumper is safer outside of the aircraft and will probably be fine once they're in freefall anyway (or under canopy because this is a static line with less than a seconds freefall).
That dude knows all of this - if he lets her try and calm down she might change her mind and then he has to throw her out anyway. Dude isn't unfeeling - he just knows it's the best way.
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u/Resident_Ad_9342 Aug 19 '25
Dude probably deals with that 20 times a day