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From: wtm%gr.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Thomas McCollough)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: CRW / license requirements
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.121056.16982@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 91 19:10:55 GMT
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I do not think that the general skydiving population is ready for a CRW
license requirement.  There are many skydivers who are, and they have
been recognized via the awards program.  But if CRW were made a license
requirement, then what next?  Would we require a bungee jump from an
aircraft?  CRW emergency procedures are about as well understood by
most skydivers.  If you've ever been engulfed by lines and canopy then
you can better understand and respect an individual's right to call him
or herself an expert skydiver without participating in CRW.  I believe
that a CRW license requirement would kill many more people than any
other license requirement we have.

Tom McCollough
Night 4-Stack #691