barry

The usual... Plan your dive..... Dive your plan...

As a jumpmaster/tandemmaster I rarely get a pincheck... I ALWAYS check my (own) pins... As soon as the rig is on my back, the pins should stay where they are (and if they aren't, wellll.... they probably don't stay where they are after the pincheck anyway). Move around in the plane preventing your rig to touch ANYTHING... consider what you are leaning/sitting against... (like the bar you see in the back of C-206's, it could push out the reserve pin...) A pincheck is more than just a check of your pins... (as you can and should check them yourself). Also routing of (chest-)bands and looking at the rest of the equipment (RSL, Alti, helmet, goggles, etc, etc, etc) I always check other people that way, whether they ask for it or not...

As long as there is no white (line) visible in the bag AND no white line sticking out of the 'window' and all the slack is 'in the pilotchute' it should work... Who cares how you get it there?

We are drifting off-topic here... Why did the reserve open??? Could it be possible the pin was pushed out of the loop because he was sitting against a ridge (or something) in the plane? (The pin is not pulled by just opening the cover) The (bottom) tucktab does not get out just by itself... If he had been sitting against something edgy(funny word) it could have (1) pushed out the tucktab and (2) pushed up the pin... I Jump a mirage(G3) and find it hard to believe the reserve pin JUST comes out... I would like to know if the above scenario could have been the couse... Barry (USPA D-22224, KNVvL D-65607)