diablopilot

Did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Second best post..... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Best post in this thread, period. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Guess I was wrong. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

You were led wrong. I don't know of any cases where the FAA has used its authority to impose civil fines against a non-certificate holder, though. Also, if you cause the pilot to get sanctioned, there will probably be other consequences. Mark While I can't recall details, I seem to remember hearing a story of some jumpers in Hawaii quite a few years ago having to face the music with the FAA for cloud clearance violations. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I'd say the negative attention a certain NorCal DZ brought on it it's self and caused it's fleet to be grounded for some months has produced a wave of reaction from the FAA as well. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Tough crowd today! I can turn something on and not use it. I turn on my sewing machine. Then the wife calls me away. I turn off the machine and leave. Did I use the sewing machine? Yes. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I firmly agree, and having recently passed my first "check dive" since getting my ratings quite a few years ago, I still feel that an instructor should be required to undergo refresher training and check dives every 2 years. As this sport continues to become more and more commercial as an industry we need to ensure the quality of instruction and instructors in order to prevent losing it all through outside regulation. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Simply using the word "badassed" makes this thread suck. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Individual jumpers can face criminal actions for violations of the FAR's just as any civilian on an airliner could for example. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I was having just the same thought.... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

no, idefinately don't want to smell like diesel, but i'm sure i would if i were to try suck-starting the siphon. of course i could just get the wife to do it, she has an uncanny ability to stop sucking before getting anything in her mouth. This sounds like a problem that deserves much more of your attention than the fuel supply. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I just tell everyone I suck from the start. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Clicky ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

When you are pulled over for speeding or some minor traffic infraction, you are technically under a state of arrest until released at the officer's discretion. Bingo. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

This one time at band camp...... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

Great! Secure the border and deal with terrorists. However, that's not actually what this bill is about; is it? Show me in the text of the bill what you think it's about. You're hung up on a race card here methinks..... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I am overjoyed to not be living in the state of California anymore. It gets a bit tiresome to continually be surrounded by people who's bodies live in the United States of America, but brains seem to live somewhere past Pluto. The whole state has "Jumped the Shark". ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

He probably bought "offset credits". Hypocritical bullshit from these people. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

I disagree. This is not an emotional response, this is a reasoned one. To company officers, fines (even as large as those mentioned earlier in the thread of upwards of $20 million) are a slap on the wrist. To ensure corporate officers take safety seriously, they need to be punished in a way that ensures they can never again have the same kind of responsibility and it needs to serve as a very serious warning to all other corporate officers as well. Again, have you actually seen the report yet? While you are correct that the responsible parties for the accident/mistake/intentional shortcuts, must be held responsible for their actions in both a financial, ecological, and criminal sense, i can't help but find it highly hypocritical the way so many people cry and rant about the "horror" of this spill, and then turn around and continue to enjoy their plastic filled, gas guzzling lifestyles. Holier than thou seems to be very in vogue this week, you know? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

And several thousand are not worth a shit doing headdown or sitfly or belly fly or any other skydiving discipline all year long but still jump with their friends and manage to have fun doing it.

True, however I've talked to a LOT of Ti's..... and more than a few DZO's.... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

You know how many peoples minds you just blew with that? I'd venture 1 in 5 TI's has never read that section of the FAR's. Possibly 1 in 10 DZO's don't know of the Tandem Student requirements contained within..... It's a sad thing. ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

The guy who can do both.