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Re: Another flying issuePer,Part of the problem is that several companies have sold off their "old" line arrays to new and smaller companies. I've seen several of these companies having name-brand equipment but no idea how to deploy and fly it. That's scary. People have been killed in the past due to accidents because someone did stuff they thought was right or by old habits. Moving from being a small provider with a stackable rig to putting something heavy in the air requires real knowledge and a lot of $$$, not everybody does this properly.I've seen a fair share of poor workmanship and bad equipment around the world, here we have a more dangerous combination; name brand gear and poor workmanship. Some of these people get bigger gigs than they can handle just because they have the right brand name on their gear, but they have no training and no QC on their flying hardware. It's scary as hell. Just because someone is able to buy a line array with the right sticker doesn't make them qualified for rigging it.As I see it, there really is no excuses to compromise with these things. I've refused on several occasions to put stuff up in the air because the flying hardware wasn't rated or certified. Some people claim "the show must go on", I don't think this is a wise attitude towards safety issues. I'd rather catch hell for not doing something that I consider dangerous that risk serious injury and death.
Re: Another flying issue
Per,
Part of the problem is that several companies have sold off their "old" line arrays to new and smaller companies. I've seen several of these companies having name-brand equipment but no idea how to deploy and fly it. That's scary. People have been killed in the past due to accidents because someone did stuff they thought was right or by old habits. Moving from being a small provider with a stackable rig to putting something heavy in the air requires real knowledge and a lot of $$$, not everybody does this properly.
I've seen a fair share of poor workmanship and bad equipment around the world, here we have a more dangerous combination; name brand gear and poor workmanship. Some of these people get bigger gigs than they can handle just because they have the right brand name on their gear, but they have no training and no QC on their flying hardware. It's scary as hell. Just because someone is able to buy a line array with the right sticker doesn't make them qualified for rigging it.
As I see it, there really is no excuses to compromise with these things. I've refused on several occasions to put stuff up in the air because the flying hardware wasn't rated or certified. Some people claim "the show must go on", I don't think this is a wise attitude towards safety issues. I'd rather catch hell for not doing something that I consider dangerous that risk serious injury and death.
