<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Some things are best left to the professionals who do them frequently. Flying performers is one of those things. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Just because you know how to use a pair of pliers doesn't make you a dentist. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">This one is a non-negotiable in my book. You either use a pro or you don't do it. <br><br>Kristi R-C</div><div><br>On Feb 1, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Dear Stephen,<div>I concur that you should bring in a VERY well-insured professional. If your institution is self-insured, or even if it is not, your program could be cut back severely if an accident causing death or severe bodily harm occured.<div>/s/ Richard</div><div>_________</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 2/1/16 11:42 AM, Damon Gelb via Stagecraft wrote:<br>
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At issue now is that some of the faculty and department chair are<br>
wondering why we - meaning myself as TD and and my assistant - cannot<br>
get "certified" to do the work ourselves rather than continue to pay<br>
to have the work professionally designed and installed. My response<br>
is that there are professionals and companies who deal with these<br>
types of specific flying effects for good reason. Yet the grumbling<br>
continues...So here is what I am wondering. How have you, as a TD or<br>
rigger at a venue dealt with this when asked? Am I being to strict in<br>
drawing the line by saying I won't do a simple raise / lower system<br>
for theatre piece? Would any professionals on the list be willing to<br>
share statements or documentation to support my claim that flying -<br>
ANY flying - must and should be handled by a professional flying<br>
company?'<br>
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I'd suggest having a chat with your campus risk-management office. I'd be willing to bet the cost of bringing in a professional flying expert is much less than expanding your institution's insurance coverage to cover doing it in-house. Find out those numbers and take that to your department chair.<br>
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Stephen Litterst Technical Operations Supervisor<br>
<a href="mailto:litterst@udel.edu" target="_blank">litterst@udel.edu</a> Mitchell Hall<br>
<a href="tel:302%2F831-0601" value="+13028310601" target="_blank">302/831-0601</a> University of Delaware</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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