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consequences of screwing up

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Been around for awhile. I have never heard of a rigger being suspended, revoked or jailed for a screw up either unintentional or gross negligence. Haven't heard of any law suits either. Any stories out there?



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Replying to: Re: Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure? by billvon

If the plane is unrecoverable then exiting is a very very good idea.

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Yep.... John Lindstrom had his ticket pulled by the FAA around April 06'. He was pencil packing reserves w/out the customers knowledge, and likely packed me a total on my reserve (hard pull at a minimum).

There are others afaik, but nothing I have first hand knowledge of...
Randomly f'n thingies up since before I was born...

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Yep.... John Lindstrom had his ticket pulled by the FAA around April 06'. He was pencil packing reserves w/out the customers knowledge, and likely packed me a total on my reserve (hard pull at a minimum).

There are others afaik, but nothing I have first hand knowledge of...



What's pencil packing?

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Yep.... John Lindstrom had his ticket pulled by the FAA around April 06'. He was pencil packing reserves w/out the customers knowledge, and likely packed me a total on my reserve (hard pull at a minimum).

There are others afaik, but nothing I have first hand knowledge of...



What's pencil packing?




Falsifying the reserve data card by listing a repack that didn't actually happen.










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