Nov 2, 2012, 5:28 PM
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Hey guys! Maybe this is the wrong forum to post this, but it seemed to be the most fitting. I jump at a fairly large dropzone that has a lot of military training going on throughout the year. In the time I have been jumping there, I have heard of a few incidents and witnessed a few as well. My question is, why do I see and hear about these things, yet I never see them reported here or in Parachutist? Can anyone offer some insight on why this is so?
Nov 2, 2012, 5:39 PM
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Because reporting in the US is not compulsory and if an incident is reported here all sorts of clueless crap and finger-pointing is posted which acts as a disincentive for voluntary reporting.
Nov 2, 2012, 9:25 PM
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The military does their own very thorough accident investigations, and do not answser to dropzone.com or USPA. You can send the military branch a freedom of information act request to get a copy of their investigations.
Nov 2, 2012, 10:37 PM
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I had no idea that there were these issues with the BOD. Does the military do reports on non-military incidents as a practice or just in certain circumstances like when they're involved in studies such as the Dual Square Report? Also, Pops, this wasn't meant to be a political discussion, just an inquiry into why there appears to be such a fair amount of reporting from some DZs and little, if any, from others.
P.S. When I said "regulates", I mean to the extent that the BSRs are regulation. Not necessarily in the FAR sense of the word.
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