Well I survived, but that ant surprising considering that only 3 jumped today , I arived early with dodgy weather to see 3 people landing (the only people early enough). I got called up, got my jumpsuit, lifejacket, chute, helmet and radio on, got 5 ft from the plane and got told to stand down. Then sat on alert for 8 hours to be told to come back in a few weeks. Still, the training was fun and I got 5 new friend from my class and 20 from the club (they're really easy to get on with ). And I got a lift from my hotel to the field in a Porche .

You can do that as a civie at St. Andrews in Fife, but you need to have over 1000 jumps under yor belt before they let you