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You keep taking things out of context and forgetting basic facts. In both cases the harnesses were not properly installed. Jacko's tandems had the loose laterals. I'm not even going to bother trying to undo the way you twisted the "upset" versus "skygod" argument because we'd just go around in circles forever. As Lana26 said, the hole is only getting deeper.

There's an old saying among pilots: "There's old pilots, and bold pilots, but no old bold pilots" In my response to Lana26, I think the opposite may be true. I have a feeling the RD was not the first time he was approached about this. Go read the SB from Strong. That's been asserted before and it makes no sense. Another good mystery! ====== You know, if it wasn't for everyone posting on here the way they are, I wouldn't be so intrigued by all this! With the way everybody is writing, it just seems like there are so many hidden stories here and I like playing Sherlock! :) Yeah, I'm sorry it's at Jacko's expense, but maybe if the truth gets out, people will stop posting innuendo and this whole thing can stop and that is the best thing that can happen right now. ====== Let me see what I can figure out here: I already had been curious to see what Jacko looked like as a "compliant" TI so I had gone to realxstream to see more recent videos. There weren't any. I had to go back quite a while. It looks like Jacko stopped doing tandems after Labor Day weekend*. However, it is only very recently that the whining started about this excessive USPA punishment. For people to be this vocal about it after waiting that long doesn't make sense. This kind of reaction has an "immediate" feel to it. What was going on during the time period between? It would only make sense that Strong pulled a rating, too, and perhaps did it first. I was hoping to find some AFF video jumps between then and this recent discussion. I didn't see any. If there were, then that would mean somebody pulled his tandem rating before the end of September. Does anyone know if Jacko did AFF between Labor day and this apparent recent USPA action? Would the USPA first pull his tandem rating and then everything? From what Jan Meyer posted, it was only the RD action followed by this recent EC action. The only explanation I can think of for the time period between is that Strong probably pulled his rating. Does anyone know if they will tell you if you call and ask? *There was another tandem video on September 13. It was also the only tandem video that day. There were a lot of non-Jacko tandems between Labor Day weekend and September 13. Maybe that was an emergency fill-in because the dz was understaffed that day? I doubt the day was a typo because looking at the color of the fields and comparing to videos before and after, it looks right.

Hmm. I love a good mystery! The way this post is worded, there must be some more "dirty laundry" out there. Let me see if I can figure this out: it seems to be well known that this kind of tandem flying was business-as-usual at Crosskeys. Then the handicapped fatality happened. Then Ohio. Tandem was under careful scrutiny this past spring and people had to clean up their acts. Shortly after that, Jacko departs Crosskeys and turns up at another dz and continues his ways. If Crosskeys made the decision as a DZ to stop doing this kind of tandem flying and that resulted in Jacko leaving, this would explain the "bigger hole" comment. If I've reached the wrong conclusion here, somebody please explain the correct way to "connect the dots". Tnx.

So he gave you a copy of the letter and asked you to post it like you did in post #265. So you are acting as his agent. As far as I'm concerned, you are interchangeable. Or did Jacko stick the letter on the dropzone bulletin board or something like that for everyone to read? Not a relevant comparison. Why? The attitudes of the two parties: As for the other TI, I think you are referring to the case of the handicapped student falling out. If I remember right, this TI was very upset about what happened, didn't intend to violate any rules, and voluntarily surrendered his Tandem rating before receiving disciplinary action. If somebody has the detail on this one, please correct anything wrong here. Tnx. Meanwhile, Jacko went down apparently kicking and screaming all the way because he was such a skygod that the manufacturer's recommendations didn't apply to him. The only time Jacko became a compliant TI was when he was forced to be so. Even after the earlier incidents and the SB from Strong about the laterals, Jacko just ignored it and kept doing his thing. I think the evidence of Jacko's attitude is further back in this thread if you read between the lines and look at the way he is in the videos. I'll bet there's a lot more we don't know about, and if we did, maybe we'd better understand why the USPA did what it did. Did Jacko have any conversations with any of the EC before they rendered a decision? Based on the calendar of when Jacko first appeared on video, he showed up in Hinckley in the middle of the season. If this guy was so great and wonderful and loved, why the move from Crosskeys to Hinckley, and during high season? Again, what info aren't we getting here? Like I said earlier, all I really think that is needed is for Jacko to be prevented from working with students. This sport is full of egos, and if tempers flared causing the termination of USPA membership, maybe after everyone cools down he'll at least get that back.

Thank you Jacko, for finally posting the actual info. Now we can put those rumors to rest! I don't think you have a perspective on the sport that is appropriate for working with students, so I agree with the instructional ratings. However, I do not necessarily agree with the revocation of your USPA membership. Maybe you should join a freefly team and get sponsored because you do have amazing flying skills and that would be a much better place for you to push the envelope and help evolve the sport! You keep moving this thread off topic. Freefallin14 brought it back on topic. What does the FAA have to do with anything here? Have they contacted you? AFAIK, the FAA has allowed USPA to police itself. They only investigate when there is an incident. Fortunately, we have this thread instead of an incident.