{"id":17836,"date":"2017-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=17836"},"modified":"2021-01-29T18:15:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:15:34","slug":"2017-11-09-aad-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2017-11-09-aad-save\/","title":{"rendered":"AAD Save!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At a P3 event we had a great group of experienced skydivers doing a terrific bunch of jumps at Skydive Perris… <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Before the first jump they were all forced to listen to my (obnoxious) extended safety briefing…<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

expect everything that could go wrong to go wrong, on every jump<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My safety brief, in a nutshell, comes down to telling everyone to expect everything that could go wrong to go wrong, on every jump, and then going through a dozen of those different possibilities. I also remind them that when I do these safety briefings everyone thinks I’m talking to everyone else. They think there’s no way they would ever be that complacent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The person that was saved by their AAD thought they had a hard pull and tried to get their pilot chute out a few times. (There was no actual problem with the pilot chute; it came out easily on the ground). Next, with the pilot chute still in the pouch, they cut away, then had trouble finding their reserve handle… time flew by… AAD save!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

everyone thinks I’m talking to everyone else<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Please do yourself a favor. When you reach back to deploy, do it like you expect<\/em> to have a hard pull. Practice your emergency procedures as if you knew you were going to have a malfunction on the next jump<\/em>. Be aware under canopy as if you thought everyone was trying to get you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s really not that hard to play it safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I’m talking to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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