Work: Today, I made a point of talking to our parachute riggers, and...

By rickjameson - 29/08/2016 10:19 - United States - Kill Devil Hills

Today, I made a point of talking to our parachute riggers, and thanking them for all they do. Today is also the first day I had to pull my reserve chute because my main chute didn't open correctly. FML

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Lady_Spaghetti 36

Tuesday 30 August 2016 9:10

It was just their idea of a joke-- "Hey, let's mispackage his main chute so that he freaks out." "Haha that's great."

aruden 25

Tuesday 30 August 2016 15:02

A mistake that shouldn't happen, chutes that fail can seriously hurt or kill the poor bastard who got stuck with it.

Comments

hotcheetos25 6

Tuesday 30 August 2016 14:48

either I'm racist or I miss-read riggers with an N

trellz17 19

Tuesday 30 August 2016 15:25

You're racist, I'm sorry.

caliguy08 17

Tuesday 30 August 2016 14:58

Do I sense some EMI ain't their future?

beachtrash 7

Tuesday 30 August 2016 16:40

Reserve rides are an unavoidable part of the sport. Make peace with that. No FML here.

BoxFullOfLazy 25

Tuesday 30 August 2016 19:54

Lots of moderated comments, probably pertaining to "rigger." Smh.

BiGTiMeNeRD 29

Tuesday 30 August 2016 20:01

Rigger please.

313USMC1775 18

Wednesday 31 August 2016 5:43

?If that main don't open wide Well I've got a reserve by my side And if that one should fail me too Look out devil I'm comin' for you.?

rickjameson 5

Wednesday 31 August 2016 14:59

If that main don't open round I'll be the first frog on the ground

juuuliaaa_fml 26

Wednesday 31 August 2016 5:43

That sounds so scary! Glad Your ok.

nicolai44 12

Thursday 1 September 2016 8:31

At least you had a pair o' chutes... Sorry, had to...

MrFancyGoat 6

Thursday 1 September 2016 12:55

Coincidence? I think not!

Nix188 13

Monday 5 September 2016 11:12

Well, they definitely rigged it then, did they not?

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