I think the test would be useful if it gave an unequivocal "yes" or "no". I think that when people are told that they're in the grey area of maybe...perhaps..that the difficulties arise. Older members have heard me beat this drum before, but I'll repeat what I've said before. In the cancer world, each percentage point is valuable. I'f I was looking to buy a new dress, and the posters on the window said "4% off all dresses today"...I would probably walk on by. However, if a gunman entered a large school and shot dead 4% of the thousand children in the school...that would be 40 dead kids....not so insignificant now. Back in the day, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was a very active skydiver. All jumpers have two parachutes, a main and a reserve. The reserve adds about an extra 30% to the weight and bulkiness of the rig. It requires regular repacking and checking by a master rigger and costs quite a bit...(about three jumps). It also adds to the cost of the new rig...about the same amount. Statistics worldwide show reserves being deployed in roughly 1% of all jumps, but I've never met a jumper who doesn't have one. In all the 1634 jumps I did, I only ever chucked my reserve once, but boy was I glad I had one. Whatever your result, please ponder on this.
