At 07:51 PM 25/05/2007, you wrote:
>Ok I maybe thinking completely out of the box here.... but what if ??
Does an organisation with a rapidly decreasing number of members (6%
in 2006 according to John Roake) really need another layer of
operational bureaucracy?
I was trained to repack chutes by an SAS sergeant and sport skydiver
in 1973. In those days you could legally pack your own emergency
chute. It's one of those personal responsibility things which if it
doesn't work there's nobody to blame but yourself. I wouldn't pack a
chute for $25. Nor would I trust any GFA insurance policy supposedly
taken out on my behalf. If you would, I've got a nice bridge you
might be interested in. Any APF rigger who believes he might be
covered by some mickey mouse GFA associate or auxiliary membership to
repack GFA chutes might also be interested in the same bridge. You'd
wear a chute packed by somebody that stupid?
Your scheme also leaves your mates who might fly aerobatics in
powered aircraft and those who test fly homebuilts out in the cold too.
What we are seeing is where the slippery slope of "a piece of paper
for everything and a rule for everything" leads. It starts off as a
minor annoyance and ends up with you being unable to reasonably
comply. It is complicated by the absolute regulatory shambles that is
sport aviation in Australia. You would think we all flew in alternate
universes rather than the same airspace.
Mike
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