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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 73197" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: Another flying issueIn my experience, good workmanship trumps certificates every time. The load-bearing capability of a certificate is next to zero, and you really only need approval for structures that come crashing down, the ones that stay up tend to get on fine without the certificates. Obviously, a truss-lift or a tower from a reputable manufacturer complete with the right papers, is a good starting point, but there is a lot of crap to be had as well and not all approval and inspection is worth anything. I&#039;ve seen too much work signed off by people that were obviously clueless, and would much rather trust my life to solid equipment put together by competent people than a certified structure assembled by morons.In Norway the integrity of these things are hardly a problem, the entertainment industry hardly ever works down to a price point, so the equipment tend to be top notch, and people working in the industry never risk getting fired for speaking their mind on safety issues. Use of substandard equipment is far more widespread in the &quot;real&quot; industries where bean-counters and purchasers that earn their bonuses by replacing the good stuff with &quot;equivalent&quot; crap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 73197, member: 1285"] Re: Another flying issue In my experience, good workmanship trumps certificates every time. The load-bearing capability of a certificate is next to zero, and you really only need approval for structures that come crashing down, the ones that stay up tend to get on fine without the certificates. Obviously, a truss-lift or a tower from a reputable manufacturer complete with the right papers, is a good starting point, but there is a lot of crap to be had as well and not all approval and inspection is worth anything. I've seen too much work signed off by people that were obviously clueless, and would much rather trust my life to solid equipment put together by competent people than a certified structure assembled by morons. In Norway the integrity of these things are hardly a problem, the entertainment industry hardly ever works down to a price point, so the equipment tend to be top notch, and people working in the industry never risk getting fired for speaking their mind on safety issues. Use of substandard equipment is far more widespread in the "real" industries where bean-counters and purchasers that earn their bonuses by replacing the good stuff with "equivalent" crap. [/QUOTE]

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