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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