Originally Posted by
Junkflyer
Used to fly skydivers in the US. Parachute was required for the pilot.
Always thought that was universal.
I see a lot of confusion about this on here, so I wanted to clarify things.
Parachutes are only required for pilots in small aircraft like a 182 or 206, with the jump door located next to the pilot. Same goes for Swiss regulations.
They aren’t required in ANY turbine jump plane and I have yet to see any other jump pilot (other than myself) who wears a rig when flying them. This situation here goes to show exactly why I choose to wear a bailout rig. You never know what’s gonna happen.
I have more than 3000 hours flying jumpers, the past 2000 of them being in turbine aircraft, and only made the decision to buy my own bailout rig this past holiday season.
Originally Posted by
1southernman
In the US the FAR used to be that if it was a jump flite everyone onboard had to wear a legal chute whether jumping or not...
this only applies to 182’s and 206’s really. No turbine aircraft are included, and no jump pilots that I know of wear a parachute when flying them.