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Originally Posted by stuartj
What I know about sky diving would fit on the end of a pin...but to dive and intercept an out of control jumper, without a collision, without an overshoot...just one chance I'd guess.
Mad aerial skillz, a cool head and enormous personal risk.
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The skills required are compulsory at that level (AFF instructor), and are learned early on. Being able to track and softly dock with others ("flying your body") is one of the fundamental skills you learn when pursuing free-fall skydiving as a sport. Not to mention, any AFF instructor is put through scenarios and actual dives with
their instructors acting as out-of-control flailing students. You have to be able to track to them, dock with them, put them in a stable body position, and deploy their canopy.
It is sort of analogous to a CFI their student pilot. A seasoned CFI acknowledges that their student is basically trying to kill them both at all times, and it's their job not to let that happen.