B767 CAPT DSNDING ON ROME ARR TO DFW IS INSTRUCTED BY APCH CTLR TO SEE AND AVOID JUMP ACFT AHEAD AT THE ALT THROUGH WHICH THEY HAVE JUST PASSED. THEY TURNED OFF COURSE TO GO AROUND ACFT AND STOPPED 1000 FT BELOW THE JUMP ACFT. SKYDIVERS WERE OBSERVED EXITING THE ACFT.

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ON ROME ARR APCHING ATL FROM THE NW; CLRED TO 'CROSS DALAS AT ONE FOUR THOUSAND.' APCHING 15000 FT ON THE DSCNT; ABOUT 10 NM NW OF DALAS; WAS ADVISED 'VFR TFC; 12 O'CLOCK POS; 5 MI; 15000 FT; DROPPING SKYDIVERS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEVEL OFF ABOVE 15000 FT YOU MAY. EXPECT TO RESUME CLRNC TO CROSS DALAS AT ONE FOUR THOUSAND.' BY THIS TIME WE WERE ALREADY THROUGH 15000 FT ON THE DSCNT AND WE TOLD THEM SO. THEY ADVISED; 'YOU MAY DEVIATE EITHER DIRECTION TO AVOID TFC IF YOU LIKE.' WE STILL HAD NOT SEEN THE ACFT. WE HAD JUST FOUND IT ON TCASII. ABOUT THIS TIME WE GOT A 'TFC; TFC' TA FOR THAT ACFT; THEN PICKED IT UP VISUALLY; ON THE NOSE AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE OUR ALT; ABOUT 3 MI. WE TURNED L TO A HDG OF ABOUT 100 DEGS TO AVOID. RIGHT THEN I ACTUALLY SAW THE JUMPER LEAVE THE ACFT IN FREEFALL. WE WERE THAT CLOSE. WE PASSED LESS THAN 2 MI ABEAM AND 1000 FT BELOW THE JUMP ACFT; I FELT WE WERE ALLOWED TO GET FAR TOO CLOSE TO THIS ACFT AND WAS UPSET THAT IT WAS ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN THE ARR CORRIDOR.