Skydive Sky Dive Sport Parachutist's Safety Journal Optimize Floating by Jan Meyer Floaters sometimes have a tough job. Some days are cold, if not downright frigid, near the door on the ride up. Floaters get to spot a lot, since they are by the door. Climbouts can be easy or hard.
Experienced floaters wait for the aircraft to slow down after the cut.
They realize it's easier to climbout with less airspeed. This sounds so obvious, but you can watch people climbout before the plane slows down all the time. Less experienced jumpers may struggle with three floaters in a DC-3 door and then become throughly flabbergasted when they see other groups put five or more floaters out. There are a couple of not so obvious techniques you can use to make floating easier. Climb Out Order Put people out in an order that lets people break the wind for each other, as best as possible, and minimizes everyone's direct blast from the wind.