What is a Pro Pass? Well, remember the all-you-can-eat buffets? You pay X amount and stack up your plate as high as you can of whatever goodness is on those buffet lines and eat your heart out. *Woah*… The memories that just flooded in: It’s 1999 and you just made your third vanilla and chocolate swirl ice cream bowl with sprinkles and brownie bites and Cher is playing over the speakers. Woof. ‘Merica. Okay, okay back to business. Well, the CSC Pro Pass is similar. You’re dedicating yourself to jumping as much as your heart desires, so long as the plane is flying and the weather is shining. Sounds like a dream, right?

For those of you asking, “What is an A-license?” It's the first requirement after you’ve decided to learn how to jump solo. It’s your entry into skydiving after you’ve decided to turn it into a hobby. After all of the training and hard work to become a “licensed jumper,” it’s a membership made official by a license that is issued through the United States Parachute Association (USPA) and you can officially skydive around the world.

We’ve all been there or maybe we’re currently there: Skydiving has pretty much become your life. 

Becoming a skydiving instructor… The thought alone has so many different meanings, emotions, reasons. The list can go on and on. 

You’re standing in front of an open hangar that comfortably fits three Cessna Caravan jump planes, looking out across vast lands of corn and soybean, the skies are big and blue with towering clouds the size of skyscrapers. To your left there’s a quaint RV park with a community garden, to your right a bustling restaurant and a sand volleyball court and you find your foot tapping away to catchy music playing out of the speakers. You’re in Rochelle, Illinois where the population count is barely surpassing 9,000 and you’re thinking to yourself: How did I get here? (Cue The Talking Heads)