Paracnuh hduslry l$s0clallon - Parachute Industry Association

Risk Ivianaqeinent
Committee (cont)
surveyed with labels on their rigs, and a control group of
jumpers without labeled rigs. This test should be conducted
by an independent consultant rather than this comrnittee. The
cost of conducting such a test v,riII be approximately fi2rA00.00.
Dr. Cunitz, the consultant whom we used for the labeling
project, indicated that the working "controlled program of
instructiont' may not be understood by all.
This committee also recommeds that all members use the
"Infornred Consent Form" to infonn their customers of the risks
of skydiving prior to selling them a piece of equipment or
training them in the use of a piece of equiprnent, or training
them to parachute.
The way a manufacturer may use the Informed consent fornr
language is by incorporating it on the order form. A sample of
how this might look is available froi'n Para-Flite. The languarge
is currently being used by Para-I'lite.
The primary effort of Lhe legislative liability relief effort
vJas to organize support for the general Aviation Tort Reform Act
of 'l 986, HR-4142. We have written to other organizations, lilce
the GAMA, and expressed our interest in cooperating with tirem
in support of HR-4142.
Additionallyr w€ have investigated other legisla+-ive efforts
to determine if any of them would be ',vorthy of support b1z the PIA.
There are a number of Tort Reform bills in both houses of Congress,
one of which is supported by the White House, however, HR-41 42
appears to have the greatest probability aviation industry sooner
than any of the other bills.
Apparently some members of the House Judiciary committee are
doing everything to keep HR-4142 from progressing. Therefore,
our next move will be to put pressure on those specific individuals
on the committee so that the bill may progress. This unblocking
effort may be done iu conjunction with other orgarrizationsr or
we may do it through a letter writing campaign to those specific
individuals.
We will also be coordinating with USAPA, specj-ficalIy Bill
Ottley, since Ottley personally knows many of the key players in
the general aviation community and in Washington.
If any of the members have any specific questions about either
of Lhe two major tasks of Lhe Risk Ivlanagement Committee, l-hey are
f ree to call me anytirrre.
Motion was made, seconded, and approved to accept the report.
Technical Committee
Chairman Troy Loney coulcl not be present for this meeting.
Sandy Reid of Rigging Innoval-ions issuecl the follorving repor'[-:
The weight and voluine study is continuing with lrrore and
more canopies being tested on a regular basis" Tire S-17 colnnrittee
has been reactivated to deal with Tandem configurations.
This would be an id.eal time to amend 801 5 standards.
Motion was rnade, seconded, and approved to accept the report.
Parachute industry Associab.iorr l"lirrutes Surnmer 1986 page # 7 of 3
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