What type of emergency 'chute does your jump-pilot wear?

[riggerrob 643]

What type of pilot emergency parachute does your pilot wear?
Which type of PEP fits best in which type of jump-plane?
Does your pilot have any previous jumping experience?
Has your pilot ever bailed out of an airplane in distress?

Moderators: please add "Softie" and allow multiple answers.
Thanks

[piisfish 140]

Why do you ask again?
Why no multiple choice?

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[councilman24 37]

and no softie

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[3331 137]

Other You Asked: From Parachute Labs Inc. In DeLand Florida.

http://www.plabsinc.com/8.html

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

[sammielu 3]

My dz has Cessna 182's and a Cessna 208 grand caravan with some fancy efine upgrade. Pilots wear softie, back rigs with round canopies. None of them have had bail out experience. 4 of the 11 pilots I've worked with over the past 4 years did not have parachuting experience, the rest were licensed skydivers at some time or another.

[JerryBaumchen 1,364]

Hi Rob,

There are three dzs close to me.

Two use back packs with rounds that I built. I do not know what Ralph Hatley has for his pilots; probably a Softie.

Two pilots have jump experience. Although all three dzs have multiple pilots.

I have no idea of any of them ever bailing out.

Jerry Baumchen

[pchapman 279]

A DZ I've been at has a mix -- there's an old military backpack with a C-9 or something, there's an older pilot rig of some type, and there are a couple old retired '80s skydiver rigs with pillows in the main compartment and a round reserve. Basically whatever was available. In recent years they even get packed reasonably regularly!

[DHemer 0]

Cessna 182 and 2016
All pilots at my DZ have some experience (even if it is just a few SL after they started working at the DZ)
Not sure on the make of the rig but pretty sure it is a round.