4. Safety
• It’s prety =
•
Safety
• Reasonably well self regulated
• But it can get gnarly, no matter
what the skill level
• It always goes back to basics
5. Safety
• It’s prety =
•
If you can’t do it as a
4 way, don’t try it as
an 8 way
6. • Tyler crash
Plan for the lowest
skill level on the
jump. Keep your eye
on the base.
8. Current safety measures
• OpRegs
• Freefly Crest
• Freefly handbook
• Freefly tutors
• Star Crest
• DZSOs
9. Freefly Crest
• 2 independent endorsements: head up and
head down
• Maximum 3 way without the crest
• Bit of confusion since the updates
• Needs to be re-communicated
• Set targets and measure crest growth YOY
10. Freefly handbook
• Updated in 2010 by
Ty and Mason
• Set targets for
distribution and
measure crest
growth Year on Year
14. Opportunities
• DZ seminars for students
• Nagambie has run recently
• Design a format that is easy to roll out
• Set Dropzone objectives for at least 1 per year
• Tutor Forums for knowledge sharing
• Communicate the updated Freefly rules
15. Opportunities
• Better access to tutors:
• improved APF website
• ‘where to from here’ help for B licenses
• Incentive program for tutors to be at the DZ
20. The GapAdvanced
• Loads of tunnel time or jumps
• Higher skill level and more jumpers
than ever before in Australia
• Funny Farm, Records, Organised
invitational weekends within a tight
knit community, overseas trips
Advanced
Novice
22. Advanced
Novice
The Gap
• Hard to find opportunities to
improve
• Not enough cash to get to a tunnel
• High member attrition due to loss
of motivation
• Funny Farm Lite showed how
much appetite there is at the
intermedia level
31. Opportunities
• Close the Gap & improve
intermediate progression
with targeted events
• Greater focus on online
training tools such as
video and forums
32. Summary
• We can achieve a lot through simply through better
communication
• Access to tutors
• Knowledge sharing
between tutors
• Online training tools