solution:

He has only potential energy when he jumps out of the plane because the velocity is zero. I chose the surface of the Earth to be the reference point for gravitational PE calculations, but you will get the same answer if you choose the zero somewhere else.

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At 1000m, he has both kinetic and potential energy, but the total energy found above is conserved.

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