Well done to barry what a great story against the odds, a great symbol of the true aussie spirit.
I guess we all hear of the stories and dangers of the jobs, I flew a drop plane for six months and always wore a chute but never truly though of the consequences like that.
In the basic training I was given we were operating a C182 up to FL120, with one jumpmaster with one tandem and if that if he ever was caught around the tail he would cut himself free with a leg knife, however if the aircraft was to lose control I was to exit it.