This is good news, taken off GTA site

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This came off the GTA site
Glen


This from Judy Ruprecht, ex-badge lady.
>
> This improvement dovetails with the transition from the Sporting Code's
> long-standing 2-year calibration interval to the new 5-year interval
> taking
> effect 1 October 2013. As I understand it - and Claim Check now "knows"-
> the new rule applies only to electronic barographs, including those
> incorporated in all Flight Recorders and some Position Recorders. In a
> nutshell:
>
> (1) any calibration done on or after 1 October 2011 (eg: "current" under
> the old rules) will be extended to its 5-year anniversary; and
>
> (2) a calibration done before 1 October 2011 means the 5-year interval
> applies to the NEXT calibration, done - at the latest - within 2 months
> after a badge or record flight.

[John Godfrey (QT)[_2_]]

On Monday, September 9, 2013 5:24:01 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> This came off the GTA site
>
> Glen
>
>
>
>
>
> This from Judy Ruprecht, ex-badge lady.
>
> >
>
> > This improvement dovetails with the transition from the Sporting Code's
>
> > long-standing 2-year calibration interval to the new 5-year interval
>
> > taking
>
> > effect 1 October 2013. As I understand it - and Claim Check now "knows"-
>
> > the new rule applies only to electronic barographs, including those
>
> > incorporated in all Flight Recorders and some Position Recorders. In a
>
> > nutshell:
>
> >
>
> > (1) any calibration done on or after 1 October 2011 (eg: "current" under
>
> > the old rules) will be extended to its 5-year anniversary; and
>
> >
>
> > (2) a calibration done before 1 October 2011 means the 5-year interval
>
> > applies to the NEXT calibration, done - at the latest - within 2 months
>
> > after a badge or record flight.

As near as I can tell, this 5 year interval is specified in a draft of a proposed simplification of the Sporting Code. It is not part of the current sporting code as near as I can see.
QT