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What a lucky country you are to be run by a fucking moron!

Sorry.

Since moving to New England a few years ago, I understand that around here, they like it when the Patriots are in control Wendy P.

Our Liar and Bullshitter in Chief. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/ap-fact-check-trump-gets-a-reality-check-on-coronavirus/ar-BB11T04I?li=BBnb7Kz#image=BB11T04I_1|2 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/president-trump-falsely-denies-saying-two-things-he-said-last-week/ar-BB11SFUr?li=BBnbfcL His press conferences do more harm than good.

DO you want me to out the individual teachers that I know are taking advantage of this? . . . or do you want to stick to your bullshit parody of how you think Trump speaks, just so you can believe that you are funny, trying to correlate my statement to some of his, therefore trying to discredit it if front of your circle of jerks?

Ah, sorry, that means he's a linear, this-mean-that thinker. So he's disqualified.

Ya think? What in the world gives you that idea??

Don't follow him on Facebook, but that has to be Remi.

Losers - the people who die because for-profit health systems will never plan to have enough inventory for a pandemic, it's just not cost effective. Losers - the people who die because of the persistent call for "small government" and for tax reduction means government can't afford to plan for it either.

Given that accidents happen, and lawsuits often look for anyone associated with the situation regardless of common sense... let me ask you this... Judge/jury/widow look to you and the prosecutor says "so, the very manufacturer that made the gear, and is needless to say, the MOST familiar with the workings of their equipment won't even service their own gear at that age, and yet, YOU, an independent field rigger decided, on your own, that you know their gear better than they and put it back into service KNOWING that they wouldn't have, and had specifically recommended against it. " Remember, it doesn't take an actual error on your part to get to that point. And it doesn't take much to move opinion from the fact that the pilot got out too low for any 'chute to work, to focus on the detail of your disagreement with the mfg on whether 21 years was too many... I'm not telling you what to do, but it is worth considering. Just my $.02 JW PS - if memory serves, some (all?) of the EU life limits emergency 'chutes to 15 years... can someone update/correct me on that??

Well, the rise in his popularity is not at all surprising. GWB saw something like 39% increase in fall of 2001. GHWB saw a 16% increase after the start of the Gulf war in 91. So, with that in mind, Trumps rise of a few points is actually lower. As far as the rest of the Trumpettes: Sound familiar? Source (for both the quote and the stats):

Precision declines to service reserves more than 20 years old.

That would explain the blindness.

I was unaware USPA was asking. This issue does not have anything to do with the TSO Actually, the letter does address this issue. Para 2 says the FAA considers this to be a "non regulatory requirement" for parachutes sold without a service life at the time of sale. (As to newer parachutes with a published service life in the manual when sold- yes, this FAA letter is silent.) However, I would be surprised if the FAA would-or should- ever view this issue as a regulatory requirement because the service life declared by a mfg is determined arbitrarily. Each mfg. inventing their own out of thin air. . This whole thing is a dilemma created by the manufacturers. Wordsmithing their explanations in their manuals, issuing verbal or mfg.- created arbitrary service life lengths based upon whatever. Etc Etc .Blah Blah... To my mind -my opinion- the mfgs are creating an issue of a "presumption of questionable airworthiness" when a rig is beyond their self-invented service life. The effect is an increase of the rigger's liability risk. This whole issue could be immediately solved by mfg's simply issuing a service bulletin (SB) saying their product is not airworthy after a certain age. Or, drop the whole service life thing altogether. Neither of which is likely. As a rigger in the field, to be practical on a day by day basis, I consider the service life stated in the manual when the pilot emergency rig is sold to be a bright line. For rigs that never had a service life stated in their manual when sold... then the rigger is on his own, and could use the 2012 FAA letter as a credible defense if sued. Or refuse to pack the rig, using the rigger's own wordsmithing to explain to the pilot why he won't pack it. We field riggers are now affected by a problem we didn't ask for. Fortunately - at this time - the sport parachute industry hasn't indulged in this service life issue. (Except for PD which has the boxes to check and then send the reserve in for inspection)

And I want to be super clear about my comment. Don't delude yourself into thinking that I believe that your crazy Q fantasy is real. It's not. But I want to point out how utterly fucking fascist and anti-American the whole Q fantasy is.

Ah man, IIRC a lot of season 4 and all of 5 shift to moving forward the overall Machine vs Evil Machine plot instead of the standard case of the week.

Robert-You were on the podcast. How many have you listened to? Darren is knowledgeable about the case, and he has opinions, but as a host he does a great job of staying neutral. Anyone who posts at the Cooper Forum knows that links are only available to those who log in.

Communicate. The DZ should have an "S&TA" (Safety & Training Advisor). That would be a place to start. Otherwise the DZO (Drop Zone Owner). Get together and discuss how to minimize risks. Skydivers can seem a bit odd, but believe me - If you approach them wanting to work together to keep everyone safe, they should be willing to work with you. I'm going to bet that your gliders (sailplanes, right?) follow standard traffic patterns, right? So do skydivers under canopy. We have the advantage that we need very little distance to land, so we can land in almost any direction (no need for a lengthy runway). But my DZ lands almost exclusively east or west (parallel to the runway) so our patterns mirror the ones used by the fixed wing craft. I would be surprised if you can't come to an agreement with the jumpers that 'gliders fly their patterns over here, jumpers fly their patterns over there'. Also, do the gliders have radios? Jump pilots are supposed to broadcast over CTAF a 'two minute' call, a 'jumpers away' call and some even do a 'all jumpers on the ground' call. I understand that gliders can only come down (mostly) and once in the pattern are committed to landing (canopies are the same way). If you guys have radios, it would be reasonable to call out 'hold the jumpers, I'm in a bad place and have to fly through the canopy area to make it back'. Obviously, if this happens a lot, something is wrong. But again, skydivers understand this concept. Keep in mind that the jumpers are in free fall for maybe a minute, and under canopy for maybe 5 or so. Depending on the plane used (planes?) you might have only a couple canopies in the air every 40 minutes or so (if they are using one C-182) or up to 20 every 20 minutes (if they use a DH-6 Otter). So, while there is a potential for conflict, it's in a fairly limited time window.

Could be used for packing toward a rating without worrying about the factory-advised (but not FAA-enforceable) service life. $900 is kinda steep for a training aid, though.

Smartest move by media that I've seen in a while. Washington State Radio announced this today: "We will not be airing the [White Houe} briefings live due to a pattern of false or misleading information provided that cannot be fact checked in real time." If other stations follow suit, the amount of misinformation out there could go down quite a bit.

Instead of hopefully on any future day, how about hopefully someday all of our brothers and sisters will again be able to gather together to do this incredible thing we do? Please, don't force the issue or press your DZO's with dates that create expectations that cannot be assured. We'll still be skydivers when this passes. Stay chill.

Well, right now it's illegal in 17 states to be out in public. And the drunk driving analogy is pretty apt. If you want to jump without an AAD, RSL or reserve, ride a cycle without a helmet or whatever, go for it. The only person it puts at risk is you. However, the reason drunk driving is illegal and the reason for the 'shelter in place' orders is because taking those risks doesn't affect just you. It puts the entire community at risk. If you go out and get infected, you will get sick. But before you show symptoms, you will infect others. (current estimate is 4 days before symptoms show up). If you want to put yourself at risk, go for it. Totally your choice. But when your 'acceptable risk' puts other people at risk, then it changes.

Hehe...in here that's like standing in the middle of the Vatican and shouting "there is no god".

Please give her our thanks. People in the field are on the front lines and can't back off.

Yes, as you did in your PM to me. As I said then I am unconcerned. The day I care about insults from autonomous internet trolls is still far off.

I have jumped probably a couple of hundred times in the UK. One of the issues I have seen at a few DZs is the military influence of the owners / staff. The can result in the mentality somewhat similar to treating customers as new recruits to the army ... so I have had a few bollockings for not complying with rules specific to a DZ that no one has ever mentioned to me. An example.. when I crossed the runway - which was clear - on foot but without waiting for everyone else in the load... because no one had told me that was the rule. This led to one of the owners of the DZ screaming at me until he was red in the face. Not really pleasant Another... because I plugged my mobile phone into a socket to recharge in the packing area as I did not know that customers had to use another area etc. A third ..although not directed at me... was the bollocking some of the newer jumpers got on a very windy day when they were helping to catch tandems and did not manage to be exactly in the right spot when the tandems landed. Generally I think that some of the DZs in the UK don't really understand that they may have jumpers who expect to be treated as the paying customers that they are. I do wonder whether this "military shouty.... follow my rules or else "attitude is prevalent within some of those in the BPA. Some of the DZs I have jumped at across the world seem to do a pretty good job of treating customers with respect and at the same time making sure the rules are followed. I think a few of the UK DZs could learn from this. *********************************************** I'm NOT totally useless... I can be used as a bad example