lippy 918 #1 January 14, 2004 About 3 months ago I moved to Louisiana from Canada. Since moving, and a couple times before I moved, I'd jumped in the US without needing a USPA membership, as I had a CSPA, the Canadian equivelant. I was under the impression that an FAI affiliated membership would do at a USPA DZ. A couple of months after I moved I joined USPA, but before I recieved my card I was away on business and went to visit a couple of DZs. At the first place everything went smooth with my CSPA card, but when I went to the second they wanted my to buy a temporary USPA membership. I didn't feel I should have to as A: I was a member of an FAI affiliated organization with my CSPA card in hand, and B: I'd paid my USPA dues for a year already. After they insisted I needed USPA I asked if there was any way they could see if my membership had gone through. I was told that he'd already checked, and there was no Roger Archibald, only a Roger Patrick Archibald. He told me this while he had my license in his hand, with my middle name 'Patrick', right in front of his face. That alone is enough that I'm certain I was dealing with a retard, but I'm still wondering about the FAI thing. Were they justified in forcing me to buy a membership? If so, were the other 4 or 5 DZs I'd jumped at in the US breaking rules?I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrogNog 1 #2 January 14, 2004 I'm not totally up on the USPA's rules, but from the tone of the ones I know, I don't think they would have a requirement that DZs verify you have a USPA membership with your middle name properly showing. And I'm pretty sure that FAI-affiliated licenses (or certificates, or whatever they are called internationally) are specifically engineered to be comparable across FAI members' country lines. I'm not sure whether to hope the person you talked to was being dishonest or dim. -=-=-=-=- Pull. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aeromobile 0 #3 January 14, 2004 I don't think any rules were broken. FAI sporting license are recognized in other countries. I'll bet he was covering himself with the USPA insurance. CSPA insurance probably doesn't cover you in the US. Why couldn't you convince him that was you?>?>? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
174fps 1 #4 January 14, 2004 [reply CSPA insurance probably doesn't cover you in the US. CSPA third party insurance is good at any CSPA DZ in Canada and worldwide as long as jumps are made according to CSPA rules. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
