Right, he was in the aircraft while it was flying, right? Not standing
next to it?

No doubt you'll get fined if you wear an out of date parachute when
flying in an aircraft, but the situation described earlier in the
thread was while one is standing next to the aircraft. In fact, I can
sit in my glider with my out of date chute, but if I'm not flying it,
no violation has occurred.

Jim

Bill Zaleski wrote:
I have personal knowledge of, and personally know of an occurance of a
violation being issued, and a fine of $1,000 given to someone who wore
an out of date parachute in an aircraft. If it is accessible in
flight, it must be in date. If in the aircraft, but not accessable,
no problem. I take no stand on this. I only offer the fact that I
have personally seen a violation issued.

Bill Zaleski, Master Parachute Rigger