Ok I maybe thinking completely out of the box here.... but what if ?? Scenario .
GFA calls for interested people to put up there hand who are qualified to re-pack chutes, or people who would like to be trained as a repacker, who are members of the gfa ( a nice figure would be 2 per state) GFA nominates one individual to oversee re-packing operations eg: "Parachute Operations Officer" GFA as a organisation applies to CASA for a CAO 30 Cert of Approval for members only chute packing. Each nominated person in every state works under the direction of "Parachute Operations Officer" , who would then be covered under a extra insurance policy for chute packing taken out by the GFA, If a average chute re pack costs lets say $ 60.00 which I think the going rate is , $25.00 would go to the packer for his/her time and $35.00 is paid to the GFA to cover costs of the insurance policy. Yes I know (before people put a chainsaw through my thoughts) it will be a paper war to get the organisation approved and to find people, but the down fall of a lot or organisations is the reliance of a external party to help them keep there compliance ...... i.e. relying on the APF to repack our chutes until the legal issues crept up, which now have basically shafted the pilots of the GFA. Lets continue to work out the legal issues with the APF but get our own approval, then the problem should not re-occur then every one and clubs who own chutes should have no reason to keep out of dates chutes, thus negating the debate about flying with time-ex chutes. Regards Ben "Hops off soap box" Jones >> The Nationals Rules state that a parachute is mandatory equipment and >> must be worn during flight. They do not say that the parachute must >> have a current packing slip. > > They don't need to. The GFA operational regulations say that a > parachute must be "current": > > Section 11 - Parachutes > 11.1. A serviceable parachute shall be worn by each occupant of a > sailplane > taking part in a GFA recognised contest. > 11.2. A parachute is not considered to be serviceable unless it has been > inspected and repacked in accordance with the parachute manufacturer's > maintenance requirements. > This may be carried out by a person qualified under CAR 30 or by a > parachuting > organization approved by CASA. Unless a shorter time interval is > specified, an > inspection is valid for six months. > > > So -- > > When the manufacturer says "8 months", the Operational Regulations > override > it and reduce it to 6. Carrying a _serviceable_ parachute in a GFA comp > is > mandatory regardless of whether or not the rules mention it, and the > parachute is not _serviceable_ unless it meets the repacking > requirement. > > The National Rules no doubt fail to mention this stuff because they > don't > need to mention it, because it's "the law of the land" whether they > mention > it or not (for pilots flying under the auspices of CASA's delegation to > GFA, > who are therefore governed by the opregs and the MOSP) > > > - mark > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82356937 ----- > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
