zenkith

An interesting accounting of your actions concerning this 'reserve repack' I am completely familiar with the circumstances surrounding your actions as a rigger in this 'incident'. Firstly, the customer brought the rig to the DZ that emlploys you after experiencing a pilotchute-in-tow type malfunction. The customer had been having trouble with this 'locally manufactured' kill-line system for some time and gave you explicit instructions regarding a detailed inspection and evaluation of the operability of this device. From your explanation of how the main got repacked after the reserve repack, it is abundantly clear that no such inspection was done, as you obviously assumed that the work at hand was a simple reserve repack. Secondly, you go on to cite the series of errors that the customer made on the very next jump,including a grossly inaccurate exit altitude and delay time before deployment, at which time the pilotchute again failed,although as said customer deployed the reserve, there was enough drag exerted on the pilotchute to begin a partial main deployment as the reserve deployed. Your claims of the customer trying to blame you sounds somewhat sensitive, when in fact the customer was simply looking for info on who/what/when had transpired during the time the rig was in your custody, in order to help arrive at a definitive solution to an obviously unresolved pilotchute issue. the customer immediately ordered a RWS kill-line system and has had no problems since.You go on to state that these 'inquiries' about what work was done on the rig during it's stay in your care constituted a bridge being burned. Nice try!! The bridge was in fact burned by you with a repair job on another rig that the same customer was purchasing from your employer. This rig, a PD 230, required some simple repairs to steering lines, and an inspection for airworthiness. After you completed the work and the customer arrived to pick up the canopy, he realized that your sloppy attempt at repairing the steering lines was off by a full 13" on one side.....a real testament to the superiority you claim. The first terminal jump that the customer made on this rig, after having you correct your astoundingly sloppy work, resulted in a complete blow-up of the canopy, the result of material long since past it's prime. I do not claim to be knowledgeable enough to inspect materials on canopies, and I assumed that a qualified rigger such as yourself would be....MY MISTAKE. That was the last time you had any work, or referrals for that matter, from said customer. This customer has several thousand jumps, and has been an instructor, course conductor, instructor evaluator, examiner,etc since 1980. He is not looking to assign blame or cause friction...only to have confidence in his equipment, and especially in any rigger whose services he opts to enlist. I realize that your background as an airforce corporal/private does not give you much of a grounding in leadership/communication/acceptance of responsibility, etc.....but please do not attempt to use occurences such as these to inflate yourself at the expense of others. You never know who's listening Quote

Yes, but often it proposes to do no such thing. The various agricultural gods of Paupa New Guinnea were treated as power without moral stipulation; possessing the secret of a particular god enabled one to force the yielding of good crops or fish or whatever. This belief structure is what enabled the formation of the Cargo Cults of the 1950s and 60s. The Greek Gods were not known as examples of moral rectitude, nor were (are) the Norse Gods or the wikkan gods in all cases. My knowledge of Hindu gods is not great, but Kali does seem to be someone more feared for her power rather than one adored for her righteousness. If we are talking about the tendancies of religion in general and the human propensity toward it, we must look beyond the God of the old testament. Quoteoh my...what would your daddy say??

Quoteignoring all but your 'instructor' may well put you into the incapable hands of the many amateurs with instructor ratings that we find at most of the smaller dz's. 100 jumps and a 3 day course does not an instructor or a leader make. Get info from as many sources as possible...DO NOT believe that because someone has an instructor rating that they automatically deserve your ear

matereti....you seem to miss the point...the dz rules concerning dogs are already well established, and you are already well aware of them. First time customers such as tandems and/or students deserve a polite response to queries regarding dogs. You, on the other hand, deserve exactly the flavor of response that you are whining about here

very amusing story, riggerrob......the only mistake I see here is admitting to an offence. I'll say it again...if I get the impression that a rigger is a wannabe cop, or believes that being a rigger gives them some authority....we take the work elsewhere. SIMPLE. If said rigger makes an issue of it, or decides to spread the story...then of course it becomes a personal issue

If the rigger chooses to make an issue of my 'pencil pack' instead of just performing the work that I am bringing to him/her...this wannabe cop will find that we take our work elsewhere. There is ZERO liability on the rigger whose own records would show the 'pencil pack' to be just that in the event of an 'incident'. There are many technically proficient riggers in your general locale, Rob, so it's up to you the tone you wish to set...

well said