by Jefe » Mon Aug 08, 2016 2:28 am
1. I knew the pilot pretty well when I jumped.
2. It's not "Only 2 things fall from planes; birdshit and fools. It's napalm and paratroopers and you will get burned by either one.
3. For QC on the chutes, each rigger had to sign a logbook in the harness of the chute. Court martial for failure. BUT THE BEST PART:
The riggers had a bin to throw all the chutes they pack. Only theirs go in there. At the end of each week; their supervisor goes back and picks out 5 or so at random and guess who has to
jump them? Yes, the rigger will have to jump his chutes selected at random at the end of the week.
I am sure this should program would be better done with a 7.2 Billion dollar computer system, but it worked fine in the 80s.
"Those who beat their swords into plowshares, inevitably wind up plowing for people with swords".
Jefe: well into a 12 pack of LaBatts Blue (AKA "BlueDevils"