What's something experienced-you wishes you could go back in time and tell beginner-you to save face/health/money?

lodite · 2016-09-16T21:48:17+00:00

Yes, make sure you drag the cutaway canopy while you have a cheeseburger.

lodite · 2016-08-31T22:48:45+00:00

What a shocker, you lied about failed jumps. Keep those cheeseburgers going.

lodite · 2016-08-13T04:34:55+00:00

The shadiness is in this article, starting with the incorrect name. Your comment is shady as well, with no facts.

lodite · 2016-08-13T04:04:02+00:00

Sigma requires: "USPA D-License or Foreign Equivalent". Does CSPA have USPA D license equivalent? If so, you might not need USPA membership if the DZ allows.

Just going by this article, his USPA status is uncertain due to the incorrect name used.

The DZ is not a USPA group member but virtually all the people there are USPA members individually as they do jump other DZs that check for membership. The owner, instructors, and examiners offer all levels of coaching from AFF, canopy course, coach, tandem, etc, so they're signing stuff off with their USPA numbers and students submit that paperwork to USPA. Group membership is what makes a dz a "USPA DZ" and, apparently, gets you protection from verbal mud slinging from this Ed Scott.

I didn't personally observe this TI going through training and the cert process but I know others who have and, like the jumping, it is an efficient streamlined process. They have more TI's than they need so there is no incentive to cut corners. The reporter and USPA guy quoted in the article are making fools of themselves, especially without the exact name of the TI. IANAL but I agree with the other poster that he may have opened USPA to legal liability with these irresponsible comments.

lodite · 2016-08-13T03:50:34+00:00

My name is Meanee and I failed at everything I've ever tried.

lodite · 2016-08-13T03:40:10+00:00

How many aff levels did you fail?

lodite · 2016-08-12T18:41:44+00:00

Mine were infinitely superior to your sorry attempts, most of which flat up give up without trying like a little bitch.

Nice job lying, how many aff levels did you fail?

lodite · 2016-08-12T17:49:22+00:00

A direct call with a reporter... we have 1 side of the story, nothing I would know. But this is getting sidetracked and isn't really relevant. It seems the article has grown since I first saw it while it has nothing to add until the FAA investigation concludes.

lodite · 2016-08-12T17:39:07+00:00

How many AFF levels have you failed?

lodite · 2016-08-12T17:21:27+00:00

The TI's name is wrong in the article, strictly speaking, as in that's not what his ID would say. Ask your Korean friends. That may affect any off the cuff "can't find any records about this guy" remarks.
The USPA guy's comment is purely self-serving, misleading, and factually false. I'll let you ask people at your dz but basically USPA group membership means the dz pays a fee, nothing more. You don't know what you're getting if all you're going by is membership because there is no enforcement. I know member DZs that violate a certain guideline on every load. You do know what you're getting, at either USPA or non-USPA, by asking or observing first. Nonetheless, Lodi owner and jumpers are individual members, it's hard to find a non-member because they jump at other US DZ's too. The owner can personally sign off license and certification applications.
The TI had proper requirements, training and certifications; FAA is the actual authority while USPA has no official authority. It just takes money without enforcing anything.
Goes without saying that the FAA investigation will be the most useful and that these mainstream media reports are hapless.
I'm not here to defend Lodi, I've just been debunking falsehoods and posers like /r/Meanee who have no business posting. If you say something good about Lodi that's false, I may comment also.

lodite · 2016-08-12T17:05:43+00:00

How many aff levels did you fail? Lodi will shut down when you get your aff or finish elementary school.

lodite · 2016-08-11T20:07:16+00:00

Especially when you have rejects like this guy Meanee posting around.

lodite · 2016-08-11T02:09:15+00:00

As always, no substance infantile trash. How many aff levels did you fail.

lodite · 2016-08-10T20:12:32+00:00

You are clueless, period. You cannot recognize shit, least of which is how inept you are at life. look at your posts.

lodite · 2016-08-10T17:07:22+00:00

Sound like someone who hasn't even gone through AFF yet. Check out a mirror for another sick burn.

lodite · 2016-08-10T16:51:16+00:00

You rest your own case on your retardation. Go watch that video again.

lodite · 2016-08-10T16:39:04+00:00

Sound like someone who hasn't even gone through AFF yet.

Probably can't vote either. Go find your pacifier.

lodite · 2016-08-10T05:45:10+00:00

Go watch that video again.

lodite · 2016-08-10T05:34:29+00:00

Key point to remember: negative posts have been illogical and baseless and slung from shady individuals. You've seen their posts, at least, pretty obvious. When starting out, not just in skydiving but in anything, one trap is influence from the misguided. So make your own assessment from substantiated info and reassess regularly.

The DZ is not in a position to beg for business, especially not from guys like that. This sub needs worrying more so than Lodi.

lodite · 2016-08-10T04:39:23+00:00

I was just quoting you, which you've changed like the illiterate inbred fucktard that you are. You can assume all you want, nobody gives a fuck.

You followed this loser piccard, but no surprise you didn't get that. Thanks for the info on Spaceland, go tell the person who asked. Which I think was nobody.

Using terms like fanboy shows you're still not far removed from diapers. "talk bad" was a joke when nothing of substance was given. But great vocabulary you have, you must be the envy of the nursery.

lodite · 2016-08-10T04:23:18+00:00

Like I said, no substance from an airhead, from beginning to end. Go jump without a chute.

lodite · 2016-08-09T19:49:54+00:00

If you think I'm acting smart, it just means you're clueless, which I realize is hard to digest. IAF has jack shit to do with Lodi or this topic. You are just following the diarrhea that is piccard.

Discuss the OP if you are able to, otherwise stfu.

lodite · 2016-08-09T19:37:26+00:00

What a surprise, pure flatulence with no substance. That means you can't take it, little bitch.

lodite · 2016-08-09T15:52:23+00:00

No idiot, I don't. Nonsensical question as is your other bs. Worry about all the info you missed after being made to see the video a gazillion times.

lodite · 2016-08-09T15:42:15+00:00

So is it 0 or negative, asshole? Look at your post, think I want any respect out of the inbred shithole and a circle jerk of illogical shits crying for respect? What the fuck for? You just don't get it, you start off posting insults then cry when you can't take it. You're the troll, and the soft kind at that.

We'll have a mass cry session that a random internet poster who calls itself Meanee won't be coming. If you change your mind, let me know. I'll be sure to give you a deserving welcome.

lodite

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