Should this freak me out?

[sudo242 0]

I am shocked I did not notice this before. Should this freak me out? I will get it fixed, but how freaked out should I be? See attached image.

[Deyan 36]

This is the most common misrouting mistake on soft links.
While it should not be like this, the chance of the link failing because of it is practically zero. I've seen reserve canopies open at terminal with a mistake like this....

Once again, I'm not advocating bad rigging. Just sharing my thoughts!

"My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

[sudo242 0]

Cool, thanks. I feel better hearing that from you, a rigger. I guess since the forces are so widely distributed, it is probably okay. The biggest thing is that I did not notice it for an entire season. That freaks me out a little.

[JerryBaumchen 1,364]

Hi sudo,

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it is probably okay

IMO it is not OK. Get it fixed.

This 'Oh, that's alright,' has lead to too many incidents.

Jerry Baumchen

[Deyan 36]

What Jerry said, It's not OK and you should have it fixed.
My point was, you should not freak out about it.
Definitely not like the guy who's RPC didn't leave the container.

"My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

[sudo242 0]

I will. I'll be having my reserve I&R done before I jump again. I'll have the rigger fix it then. I feel like I should be able to do this myself. I think I can, but there is a single stitch holding the softlink in place and I don't want to mess with that.

[councilman24 37]

sudo242

I will. I'll be having my reserve I&R done before I jump again. I'll have the rigger fix it then. I feel like I should be able to do this myself. I think I can, but there is a single stitch holding the softlink in place and I don't want to mess with that.

While every experienced jumper should know how their gear works and almost every experienced jump has and does assemble their own main canopies to risers the CFR actually requires a licensed rigger to assemble a main canopy. For those who don't believe I'm not going to argue. Yes we've all do it and have for decades but the regs require a rigger for a main as they do a reserve, except the next jumper can pack it.

That being said get an experienced rigger to show you how to do this and what the stitch is all about. Then you will know if you want to.

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

[piisfish 140]

Have it fixed, for free, and have a free beer provided by the person who assembled it. It’s a 5 minutes job.

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

[rmarshall234 14]

>how freaked out should I be?

I wouldn't be freaked out but I'd definitely be concerned and here is why: What else did this person miss? This little omission speaks to attention to detail and double checking one's work. Everything else is probably fine, but I wouldn't be able to relax until I had the entire rig checked by a qualified rigger.

[sudo242 0]

These are all great advice, thank you. I will implement all of them including having my rigger go over everything. I hesitate to say who assembled the rig, but it was a rigger at a "highly reputable" and "large volume" well known retail gear vendor.

[piisfish 140]

If you are not seeing him/her anytime soon, share it with that rigger and get some liquid compensation sent over to you. And apologies.

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

[HPC 7]

Exactly what I would be thinking. This should never have gotten past the rigger.

What's right isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always right.

[dpreguy 14]

Another example of a "packer with a rigger's license".
A rigger ALWAYS CHECKS HIS WORK. A packer just does the job and throws it over the fence - so to speak.

So, 1. Get your 20 back reserves packed 2. Buy the Dauntless written exam cheat sheet. Use it as your only study guide when you are packing the 20 3. Go to a well-known rigger examiner "mill" and presto. You are a legal rigger - known to all as "Rigger Lite".

No need to actually acquire actual skills, no need to acquire the rigger practices such as, "A rigger always checks his work" etc.
This picture indicates an attitude problem more than anything. Not a lack of skills problem. Being an actual rigger means you have inculcated the habits, the well-known rigger practices and you actually care.

Have I ever made a rigging mistake? Sure. But, do I (and other well-trained riggers) always check my work? Yes 100% of the time. Attitude attitude attitude.