The jump itself was pretty cool... but... if it were me, I would have taken a moment to enjoy the view. After all, there aren't too many people that have ever seen that view from that perspective... but I guess getting the record is way more important.. That, and did anybody see an American flag anywhere?

 

Green slip, see section 23.

 

He's not an American.

 

Well I hope somebody checked his passport & visa! We can't have foreigners just dropping in....

 

On the DAL Benefits website the premiums page is showing that the DPMP monthly premiums will be the following for 2013:
Single.................$126
Single w/Spouse...$267
Single w/children..$212
Family.................$401.

Also remember that if you choose the DPMP, you MUST use the DPMP dental, which is the same plan as the Comprehensive, but is $2-7/month less than the Comprehensive plan if chosen as a stand-alone or in conjunction with any other DAL medical plan.


As an aside:
The DPMP improvement is another one if the little things that came about from C2012, of course everyone would like it to be even lower, but the prior contract plan was 27% cost borne by the pilots, now it is 22%. Which translates to an decrease in the cost by 18.5% (partially offset by the overall increase in cost YOY)

The consolidation of the DPMP-N, PPO and DPMP into one plan saved money too, and enabled an INCREASE in covered benefits.

 

I know you can GS out of base. I was asking if you could YS out of base.

 

I guess he's from RedBull....

 

Quote from Baumgartner after the jump - "When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about of breaking records anymore, you do not think of about gaining scientific date. The only thing you want is to come back alive," he said after the jump.

Glad to see he's human.

 

Red Bull and Felix are Austrian! I'm pro USA, but why should they have an American flag on the capsule?
As for enjoying the view, he had 2+ hrs to enjoy the view...albeit from inside the capsule. I think most humans that are staring possible death from 128,000' will just get it over with....

 

High altitude balloon | Red Bull Stratos