ficus 0 #51 February 19, 2009 QuoteThere's no such thing as Day 0. The day the reserve was packed, the pack job is 0 days old. For the sake of illustration, say the law reads "must have been packed within 1 day of use". Surely you agree that a pack job done yesterday would be legal to jump? Does counting from zero now make sense to you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #52 February 20, 2009 Quote Quote There's no such thing as Day 0. The day the reserve was packed, the pack job is 0 days old. For the sake of illustration, say the law reads "must have been packed within 1 day of use". Surely you agree that a pack job done yesterday would be legal to jump? Does counting from zero now make sense to you? Yep ... as long as no more than 24 hours have elapsed since the time it was packed. Since it's a safety issue, some might even insist on recording the minute it was packed too. Just to be on the safe side Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerpaul 1 #53 February 20, 2009 Quote Yep ... as long as no more than 24 hours have elapsed since the time it was packed. Since it's a safety issue, some might even insist on recording the minute it was packed too. Just to be on the safe side I can't tell if you are serious. Are you still trying to say that the time of the repack is a consideration? Neither the time of the repack nor the time of the jump is ever mentioned anywhere in the law. How can the time of the repack be considered when it is not required to be logged? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #54 February 20, 2009 Quote I can't tell if you are serious. It's difficult to take this discussion seriously, I must admit Quote Are you still trying to say that the time of the repack is a consideration? It could be. That's up to the FAA. They haven't said one way or the other as far as I can tell. Your assumption, based on the fact that the regulation doesn't explicitly state that riggers are required to log the time of day is a reasonable one, but that doesn't mean the FAA agrees with you. It doesn't matter what you or I think. Quote Neither the time of the repack nor the time of the jump is ever mentioned anywhere in the law. It's not a law. It's a regulation, silly! (Some might argue it's a silly regulation). Regulations are subject to interpretation at the whim of THE ADMINISTRATOR (or his/her representatives). Quote How can the time of the repack be considered when it is not required to be logged? If the FAA guy thinks it's implied, then you'll have to "consider it" along with him as you try to board the aircraft and hold up the boogie flight line. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerpaul 1 #55 February 21, 2009 You greatly overrate the power of the administrator's whim in interpreting the regulations. The administrator can no more require you to log the time of a repack than a policeman can ticket you for driving through a green traffic signal. It is true that there is some interpretation needed for some of the regulations. But "interpreting" the word "date" to include "time" is not within the power of the administrator. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
