Im actually learning too jump at the moment and must say the skydiving industry is very safe here in oz.But you do have a few exceptions as we do in GA.The parachute fed and casa are planning new rules and regs for jump pilots,By what the last news leter from the APF said you will need to do a jump pilot indorsement.When I first flew for a tandem company I took payed leave from work and flew me ass off to gain min hours for cpl.I wasnt payed for the flying but i did get a free Tandem ,which was worth 400 bucks.And i did get the hours i needed for my CPL.There are still drop zones not paying pilots but this practice is slowly dissapering.When I work part time for Petes Parachuting here in alice i was payed $20.00 per hour(wheel off to wheel on)works out around $10.00 a load.
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