Quote Originally Posted by emolas View Post
I am scared of heights too but, like you said, that altitude just doesn't compute. I hate climbing ladders but I have no problem standing on the skids of a huey several hundred meters up. I always wanted to try jumping. I was a parachute rigger in the Marine Corps so I packed a lot of them but never got to use one.
First, I shudder to think that my riggers never actually jumped themselves. Maybe they knew better.

Second, anyone who's ever jumped in the military has never jumped from "a perfectly good aircraft".

Third, I always felt safer jumping and landing on my own than riding it out in a helo...