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TSA advises parachutes as carry on.
Okay, not exactly what many of you may be thinking. But...
After years of hassles in being allowed to carry them on, now we're being recommended that we DO carry them on. Taking Parachutes Along As a result of USPA and PIA efforts, the Transportation Security Administration has issued nationwide guidance to its screeners, inspectors, and supervisors about the carriage of parachute rigs on board commercial airlines. TSA's Aviation Directive AVO 6100-47 "Special Screening Procedures for Parachutes" was issued on August 18. (The directive contains sensitive information and cannot be released.) First and foremost, the directive makes it absolutely clear that the TSA allows parachutes on board as both carry-on and checked items. The directive also advises that some parachutes contain internal components (AADs) that are also allowed and are not considered to be hazardous. X-ray images of an AAD-equipped rig are also supplied. Finally, the directive describes how screeners are to process parachute rigs. http://www.uspa.org/news/current_news/carryons.htm |
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TSA advises parachutes as carry on.
I wonder if they also allow the knife you need to cut yourself loose if
the release jams on landing? FFM me wrote: Okay, not exactly what many of you may be thinking. But... After years of hassles in being allowed to carry them on, now we're being recommended that we DO carry them on. Taking Parachutes Along As a result of USPA and PIA efforts, the Transportation Security Administration has issued nationwide guidance to its screeners, inspectors, and supervisors about the carriage of parachute rigs on board commercial airlines. TSA's Aviation Directive AVO 6100-47 "Special Screening Procedures for Parachutes" was issued on August 18. (The directive contains sensitive information and cannot be released.) First and foremost, the directive makes it absolutely clear that the TSA allows parachutes on board as both carry-on and checked items. The directive also advises that some parachutes contain internal components (AADs) that are also allowed and are not considered to be hazardous. X-ray images of an AAD-equipped rig are also supplied. Finally, the directive describes how screeners are to process parachute rigs. http://www.uspa.org/news/current_news/carryons.htm |
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TSA advises parachutes as carry on.
"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message . ..
I wonder if they also allow the knife you need to cut yourself loose if the release jams on landing? FFM Well, we don't exactly carry those. We have what's known as a "cutaway" handle (which doesn't actually cut anything). However there is a thing called a "hook knife" which is basically a razor blade in a plastic sheath for trapping and cutting lines. You can't cut your finger with it, much less anything larger. me wrote: Okay, not exactly what many of you may be thinking. But... After years of hassles in being allowed to carry them on, now we're being recommended that we DO carry them on. Taking Parachutes Along As a result of USPA and PIA efforts, the Transportation Security Administration has issued nationwide guidance to its screeners, inspectors, and supervisors about the carriage of parachute rigs on board commercial airlines. TSA's Aviation Directive AVO 6100-47 "Special Screening Procedures for Parachutes" was issued on August 18. (The directive contains sensitive information and cannot be released.) First and foremost, the directive makes it absolutely clear that the TSA allows parachutes on board as both carry-on and checked items. The directive also advises that some parachutes contain internal components (AADs) that are also allowed and are not considered to be hazardous. X-ray images of an AAD-equipped rig are also supplied. Finally, the directive describes how screeners are to process parachute rigs. http://www.uspa.org/news/current_news/carryons.htm |
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TSA advises parachutes as carry on.
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Permitting someone to carry a chute is not the same things a TSA advising passengers carry them. |
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TSA advises parachutes as carry on.
even the older capewell connections were pretty much immune to jamming (as
long as you could get your thumb into the lanyard) "me" wrote in message om... "Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message . .. I wonder if they also allow the knife you need to cut yourself loose if the release jams on landing? FFM Well, we don't exactly carry those. We have what's known as a "cutaway" handle (which doesn't actually cut anything). However there is a thing called a "hook knife" which is basically a razor blade in a plastic sheath for trapping and cutting lines. You can't cut your finger with it, much less anything larger. me wrote: Okay, not exactly what many of you may be thinking. But... After years of hassles in being allowed to carry them on, now we're being recommended that we DO carry them on. Taking Parachutes Along As a result of USPA and PIA efforts, the Transportation Security Administration has issued nationwide guidance to its screeners, inspectors, and supervisors about the carriage of parachute rigs on board commercial airlines. TSA's Aviation Directive AVO 6100-47 "Special Screening Procedures for Parachutes" was issued on August 18. (The directive contains sensitive information and cannot be released.) First and foremost, the directive makes it absolutely clear that the TSA allows parachutes on board as both carry-on and checked items. The directive also advises that some parachutes contain internal components (AADs) that are also allowed and are not considered to be hazardous. X-ray images of an AAD-equipped rig are also supplied. Finally, the directive describes how screeners are to process parachute rigs. http://www.uspa.org/news/current_news/carryons.htm |
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