2 week turnaround on Cypress - yeah right

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Remster

Fuck me.

Are people what whinny all the time nowadays?

You're getting communication from the servicing company. It may not be what you like, but that's why they are tested. As Ski mentioned: don't like it, get a different AAD that never has to be tested.

As as Ski said too, if you're using quotation marks, at least quote the actual email.

Wasn't an email, was by phone. When this happens to all you people that say I should not be complaining about it, then don't complain about it yourself. Frustration is human.

This is the one and only service this AAD will ever have because of its age. Next time I may go with another brand, if there is a next time. I'd like to get some use out of the damn thing before it dies and I have to throw it out and blow another $1200.

David

[erdnarob 1]

If you jump your rig without the AAD, you have to understand that your main parachute will never see a difference and will deploy as usual. Please don't consider an AAD as a mental crutch.

Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all.

[erdnarob 1]

Well, other AAD brands like Vigil let you send back to them your AAD when you decide for it just like you do for a car, for a health check up, for your home electrical and plumbing stuff...etc and they will check it and update the software if neccessary. It is a quite different than no maintenance required. That calls for a responsibility and as serious skydivers, we should always have our rigs checked before problems happen including AADs. After all we are not babies to let other decide for us.
OTOH, an AAD requiring compulsory maintenance can develop problems right after its check up. With electronics, it is likely possible. A new chip can be of short duration while the one replaced could have been good for many years.

Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all.

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OTOH, an AAD requiring compulsory maintenance can develop problems right after its check up

That is true for any of the mfgs. So I don't think it is appropriate to start that sentence with "OTOH" - there is no difference/no "other hand". Problems can develop soon after whether the maintenance is voluntary or compulsory.

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With electronics, it is likely possible. A new chip can be of short duration while the one replaced could have been good for many years.

A Cypres maintenance check includes a set of tests with thermal cycling. I believe this is an established way of making "infant mortality" much more likely to happen right away so it doesn't get to the user. Does the Vigil voluntary maintenance check do this?

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am