<story><title>Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on</title><url>https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/deaths-california-lodi-skydiving-center-19361603.php</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>BHSPitMonkey</author><text>Customers are not in a position to judge how much of a threat this might pose to their actual safety.</text></item><item><author>Phil_Latio</author><text>But you still jumped.</text></item><item><author>chabes</author><text>I have jumped at this facility. My experience was similar to the description: rushed safety video that is playing while you are simultaneously given waivers to sign, forcing you to divert your focus between the two.&lt;p&gt;Not that watching the safety video would have helped in this case, as the instructor was not properly trained and vetted in the first place.&lt;p&gt;Still, it shows the careless attitude of the business, and the skewed priorities of profit over people.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>WalterBright</author><text>&amp;gt; Customers are not in a position to judge how much of a threat this might pose to their actual safety.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not so sure about that. I knew the statistics, and I paid full attention in the pre-jump class. A colleague of mine who went with us did not pay attention and shattered one leg from the ankle to the hip. Fortunately, he made a full recovery.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t know why any intelligent person would regard jumping out of an airplane as &amp;quot;safe&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on</title><url>https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/deaths-california-lodi-skydiving-center-19361603.php</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>BHSPitMonkey</author><text>Customers are not in a position to judge how much of a threat this might pose to their actual safety.</text></item><item><author>Phil_Latio</author><text>But you still jumped.</text></item><item><author>chabes</author><text>I have jumped at this facility. My experience was similar to the description: rushed safety video that is playing while you are simultaneously given waivers to sign, forcing you to divert your focus between the two.&lt;p&gt;Not that watching the safety video would have helped in this case, as the instructor was not properly trained and vetted in the first place.&lt;p&gt;Still, it shows the careless attitude of the business, and the skewed priorities of profit over people.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ilaksh</author><text>I feel like I have always judged skydiving correctly. It&amp;#x27;s been a consistent &amp;quot;nope&amp;quot; for me my entire life.</text></comment>