sleepyflyboy

i dont thing anyone can justify the actions of the pilot that almost caused the accident but because theres one careless, brainless pilot out there doesnt mean every low time jump pilot is unsafe. i am a low time jump pilot in jersey and would probably take a swing at the guy for what happened. the scary truth about skydiving and flying is that it only takes one cowboy that isnt familiar with the FAR's or who makes a bad judgement for there to be a serious accident. the fact that this happened twice is evidence enough for me to not trust this guy and his employer should be notified. low time pilots are a little green but most are very safe. the pilot in question had to know the FAR and had to blatantly violate it in my opinion. how could you be a jump pilot and not know part 105? who would be dumb enough to think that they could get away with it? to be a comm pilot w 600 hrs you would have to know a little of whats going on at the very least. theres no excuse. as for another topic in this forum about notams... a lot of divers are thinking that because there is a notam for skydiving over an airport that pilots not in radar contact will alter their course around the airport or monitor atc but because we are not required to by law many do not. not the safest or smartest thing to do. as far as accountability if there is an accident where skydiver/aircraft comes into contact it is everyones fault. the skydive pilot for not clearing traffic, atc for not giving traffic advisories, skydiver because they also have to see and avoid, and the pilot of the other aircraft is also at fault. basically its the FAA's way of saying your screwed no matter how you look at it. just because someone does what you dont expect them too doesnt make it their fault entirely. traffic spotting and avoidance is everyones responsibility. mike