You must excuse the ramblings of an old buffer from the Jurassic age of parachuting, Meatbomber. I can appreciate that in the days of square canopies and bigger turboprop aircraft taking lots of bodies to altitude, the pilot handles the exit point.
I guess that GPS has probably done for the fine art of spotting what it has done generally for navigation skills - but when we had to steer round canopies into tiny DZ's, it was something that a lot of attention was paid to, and very satisfying to do well.
I know that you probably fly experienced ******s, but I'm sure that keeping the beginners in the same County remains the formal responsibility of the jumpmaster/instructor, at least I hope so.
I will admit to having landed in the wrong County, and on a display at that!
(Strange - the pprune censortron has rejected the word s k y g o d .) Is this a side-effect of the ban on religion and politics, I wonder?
[ 03 October 2001: Message edited by: gravity victim ]