meat-bomb
n.— «When I was learning to parachute (or become a “meat-bomb,” as the pilots refer to it) the jump master told us that the horizon-wide landing zone (LZ) contained one object and one object only: a tree.» —“Don’t Look At The Tree!” by Drew McAdam Drew’s Views Jan. 24, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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This phrase is used, particularly by helicopter pilots, to describe the parachutists they take on bioard for jumps