Any Brits here have foreign parachute licences?

[Scoop 0]

Time for BPA renewal will be upon us soon and my skydiving progression isn't going as fast as I'd like it to. Membership is expensive and for the amount of jumps I've been doing it works out alot of money per jump.

Whilst in Spain I met alot of disgruntled Brits who never jump in the UK due to prices amongst other issues.

Does anyone here jump on a foreign licence and 3rd party insurance or is it not worth the hassle?

Wondering what your thoughts are or if people are already doing that.

[RandomLemming 0]

I don't think we have the option of not having BPA membership in the UK. In the US, you can find non-USPA dropzones. In the UK, all DZs are BPA controlled and I believe you have to be a member to jump here.

I seem to remember some rule with regards to the insurance (that hopefully someone else will clarify) that there could only be one non-bpa member per group or per load or something similar ?

[Scoop 0]

I was wondering if, for example, I could have a USPA licence and appropriate third party insurance and jump in the UK as travelling visitors must do.

I'm guessing they don't have to purchase any type of BPA membership.

The point you raise about insurance is interesting. Its a nice we-want-to-keep-the-monopoly cause isn't it

[Remster 30]

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I was wondering if, for example, I could have a USPA licence and appropriate third party insurance and jump in the UK as travelling visitors must do.

Most skydiving association's 3rd party insurance require the holder to be a resident of thatr country. Its the case of USPA, CSPA and BPA as far as I recall.

Remster

[Scoop 0]

Oh well, it was worth investigating

[skyblu3 0]

you can be a USPA member and do all your jumping in Spain or elsewhere. You need BPA membership if you want to jump in the UK.

[Remster 30]

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you can be a USPA member and do all your jumping in Spain or elsewhere. You need BPA membership if you want to jump in the UK.

You can be a CSPA member too. Doesnt give you the 3rd party insurance.

Remster

[bigway 4]

From April 1st(i think that date is correct) If you are from a EU country and you have a license from that country with appropriate insurance up to the amount required from that country you may jump in the UK without being a member of the BPA.

Up until now any visitors to the UK got a one month 'temp' bpa membership. I think it was about 30 quid. After that one month to continue jumping you had to have a full bpa membership.


It sounds like you have to be a resident of an EU country to be able to get insurance from that country.

To get insurance in a foreign country you need to be a resident of that country.

If i have posted this correctly it is what has come from the discussion in another forum with BPA councilman.

I am sure Cpoxon will correct this if i am wrong.

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