Originally Posted by
421dog
Every jump plane I ever flew had more attention given to the illicit hotwired stereo system than to maintenance...
Well maybe the jump planes I flew, and their owners, were unusual. If I reported a defect it was fixed. I have declined to fly aircraft that I didn't think were safe but none of them was a jump plane. Overloading of jump planes, particularly aft CG, is likely more of an issue than maintenance. I have told jumpers there were too many in the airplane and if one of them didn't get out then I was going to.