Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven!umbc3.umbc.edu!umbc1.umbc.edu!robie From: robie@umbc1.umbc.edu (Mr. William Robie; POSI (GRAD)) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: AFF training Message-ID: <1991Apr15.231128.26617@umbc3.umbc.edu> Date: 16 Apr 91 00:06:41 GMT References: <32987@mimsy.umd.edu> Sender: newspost@umbc3.umbc.edu (News posting account) Reply-To: robie@umbc1.umbc.edu Organization: UMBC University of Maryland Baltimore county - Baltimore, MD, US Lines: 18 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 In article <32987@mimsy.umd.edu>, jerrys@mobby.umiacs.umd.edu (Jerry Sobieski) writes... >Unfortunately, the benifits of AFF cost money. But it was tailored to >*SPORT* skydiving in the 80s, not some bastardized version of military >jumping from the 40s and 50s. > >Now having said that, there are some interesting things that have happened >due to AFF. > >1. AFF is much more expensive per jump than S/L thereby attracting > first jumpers with much more discretionary money. Because > of this, the sport has moved from bikers and ex-special forces > types (basic nere-do wells) into the raquetball set with ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ > Jeeps and Air-Jordans. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gee, Jerry, why does this fail to make me feel better about the future of the sport? :)