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I think the actual answer would be to protect their hearing from the wind noise as they fall,but I really like all the funny answers you have.

No but the parachute helps but some times you still land a little hard not hard enought to go splat but still hurt

Sometimes the wind blows you of course and you go down in rough terrain.. A lot can happen there.. better safe than sorry.. or dead.

I bet it would hurt if your face hit a bird on the way down.

well it's so if people are around they don't get brain matter on tehm if it goes wrong