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> > I disagree with the "always" cutting away.  With a T-10, a green student
> > is less likely to screw up a reserve depoloyment with deploying the
> > reserve without a cutaway.  The success of the Military with this method
> > should indicate that this is true.
> The only reason the military teaches hand-deployment is that
> they typically jump from altitudes too low to permit
> a safe cutaway.  HALO (High altitude, low opening ) jumps
> in the military are made with cutaway gear.
> 
> As for their success, I quote Dan Poynter's book, The Parachute Manual:
> "A 1955 survey was conducted to evaluate the frequency of reserve activations
> (WADD TR 59-17).  The troop reserve was activated 0.2% of the jumps and it fun-
> ctioned properly 75% of the time.  These were throw-outs under a main canopy."
> Fred Wamsley  ihnp4!sol1!s255  D8844
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I know reserves don't always work perfectly, but when your average skydiving
center runs a FJC in 6-8 hours, I believe more students will be seriously
injured or killed screwing up a cut-away than seriously injured or killed
with reserve malfunctions.

Al Gettier 
D 5850