Amendments to British Skydiving Operations Manual August 2023

๐€๐Œ๐„๐๐ƒ๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐’๐Š๐˜๐ƒ๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ž๐๐„๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐Œ๐€๐๐”๐€๐‹

At the STC meeting of 3rd August 2023, the following amendments were made to the British Skydiving Operations Manual:

๐’๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ’ (๐ˆ๐๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘๐’), ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ• (๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ง๐/๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š)

Change to read:

๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ•. ๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ง๐/๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š

Tandem instructors wishing to jump with a hand/wrist mounted camera must have a minimum of 500 Tandem descents and have completed a minimum of 250 Tandem descents within the previous 12 months or, have a minimum of 1,000 Tandem descents and have completed a minimum of 100 Tandem descents within the previous 12 months. Prior to jumping with a hand/wrist mounted camera with Tandem Students the Tandem Instructor must demonstrate the ability to perform 3 successful consecutive Tandem jumps with an โ€˜Aโ€™ Licence skydiver acting as a Tandem Student whilst using a hand/wrist mounted camera.

๐’๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ’ (๐ˆ๐๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘๐’), ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ• (๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ง๐/๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š), ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ‘. ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ’. โ€“ ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ•. ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ‘. โ€“ ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ”.

๐’๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ’ (๐ˆ๐๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘๐’), ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ— (๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ง๐/๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š), ๐’๐ฎ๐›-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ.

Change to read:

5.9.1. Any TI wishing to continue jumping a hand/wrist mounted camera 12 months after first being cleared to do so must have made 100 Tandem skydives with at least 50 hand/wrist mounted camera descents within the preceding 12 calendar months, otherwise they must again satisfy the initial requirements.

 

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