At 16:28 24 October 2015, Dan Marotta wrote:


On a personal note, I used to unbuckle my parachute before getting out
of the glider because it's easier physically. About a year ago I
decided that it would be better to always leave the glider with the
'chute on to avoid unbuckling out of habit before an emergency exit.
Since then, I've been refining my method for getting out and it's much
easier now. I realize that g-loading can have quite an impact on exit,
either positive or negative.

I have always climbed out of the glider complete with parachute for the
reasons described above.
With the advancing years I have, on occasion, unbuckled the parachute to
make getting out easier. I found that to do this is very difficult. The leg
clips are difficult to reach to unclip so perhaps the danger of unclipping
in the event of an abandonment is less that it would appear.
It would be interesting to know whether in the case under discussion
whether the parachute was unclipped in the cockpit or the pilot go in with
his chute not secure, I suspect the latter is the more likely.