Ben sounds a reasonable idea to me - I remember the good old days when I accidently pulled the handle at a Narromine Nationals in the late '60s and a young kid David Piesch seemed to know something about parachutes - well he was with the RAAF!!! and he just repacked the chute and all was well. No questions about if he knew what he was doing - I just trusted him and nothing was signed ..........Ian M
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Parachute repacking > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/817 - Release Date: 5/24/2007 > 4:01 PM > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
