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- From: pvf@alantec.com (Paul Fries)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Re: Breaking one FAR can ruin your whole day.
- Message-ID: <pvf.728160988@diablo>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:56:28 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.153302.12491@engage.pko.dec.com> koning@koning.enet.dec.com writes:
-
- >More directly relevant to the original question is FAR 105. A number of
- >the rules there -- such as the one relating to cloud clearance -- contain
- >phrases of the form "no person shall make, and no pilot shall permit
- >to be made, a parachute jump that...". The implication is clear: if such
- >a rule is violated, BOTH the jumper and the pilot are at risk from the FAA.
- >And for a pilot, one of the risks is loss of license...
-
- Just to elaborate on the thought...
-
- Relating to the question of about a jumper's pilot's
- certificate being in jeopardy if an FAR is broken while
- jumping...
-
- As the previous post mentions, the FAR says, "no person
- shall make, and no pilot shall permit to be made, a
- parachute jump that..."
-
- The FAR does not say that the pilot need necessarily be the
- pilot of the aircraft that is involved. The way I read it,
- if an illegal jump is made BY A PILOT, that pilot's
- certificate may be in jeopardy, even though the jumper was
- not the pilot of the jump ship.
-
- I would not be too surprised if the FAA even went after the
- certificate of a DZ owner who, even while on the ground,
- allowed an FAR to be broken.
-
- Of course, there would probably need to have been a really
- significant incident or accident to have occurred for this
- to be the case. Nonetheless, the point is that I think
- that, under the appropriate circumstances, the FAA could
- try to do it if it really wanted to do so.
-
- It is my belief that the FAA would like all pilots to help
- ensure that the FARs are followed. By jeopardizing the
- certificate of ANY pilot that is remotely involved, they
- encourage that level of participation.
-
- Paul Fries
- pvf@alantec.com
-