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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
That is over the course of approximately 20,000,000 skydives made over the last decade.
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That would be 2,000,000/year, or 4,479 per day, 365 days per year for ten years. WOW! Anyone who believes this, please send me money.
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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
Statistically you are far more likely to ever see an aircraft to aircraft collision over the airport than see an aircraft collide with a skydiver. Mr. Hemmel posted a pretty interesting video of a "near miss", so sure, it can happen, but statically it's beyond the realm of reasonable expectation to occur.
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Very true, but then there are a LOT more aircraft than skydivers. While it may be a rare thing, it is common enough for someone to capture it on video. No doubt there are a few more that didn't get filmed. Let's not have any here. Land off-airport. Simple. Safe (but not profitable
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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
The LAA has yet to render any decision. If they render a refusal, then yes, that will be a clear case of discrimination and denial of a protected right to pursue an aeronautical activity on a federally funded airport.
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OR, it just might be a case of their being considerably more familiar with the local traffic, topography, weather, and other conditions and truly considering it to be unsafe.