A couple SSA 2020 convention presentations online...

On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 1:25:06 PM UTC-8, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 8:04:56 AM UTC-5, Eric Greenwell wrote:
...the parachute will work and you will survive, often without injury.

"without injury" would have been nice.
The ground training I got (from Parachute Shop, Nashua NH)
made all the difference.

If you haven't already done so:
Get proper ground training from your nearest jump school,
covering how to do an emergency jump and landing.

Thanks Dave for the very informative presentations.
One take away is that static line will save more lives. I know of at least one recent case of a pilot who managed to bail out but did not deploy on time. Dave was one second or so from deployment to hitting the ground, you can do the math of how much time he was from hitting the ground before deployment, 0.1 second?
I never seen someone using static line in the US. I wonder why. How common is it in the rest of the world, and what procedures are used to ensure you don't deploy accidentally after landing, especially those of us who are not used to static line.

Ramy