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Key issues include recruitment into the sport, insurance premium volatility driven by claim settlements, and the complications affecting competition paraglider certification after fatal accidents. 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By chance, I was recently leafing through old issues of Skywings and discovered that I was first elected as Chairman of the BHPA on 16th October 1994 . I think I served in that position for about 5 years that time. It feels like a different lifetime.  \nHowever, truth be told, the issues that face the BHPA never really change. We always have the problems of getting new people into the sport. Insurance issues are a perennial bug bear and certification of paragliders is like trying to pin down a sprite.  \nThis year has been no different.  \nJohn Welch in his role as Schools Liaison Officer has been raising the issue of the schools having abad summer. This is a matter that will be discussed at the Exec meeting that immediately follows the AGM.  \nInsurance follows its usual trend of a few years of good claims history leading to falling premiums, followed by a bad year and a dramatic increase in premium. This year, after several very good years, we have seen a very substantial settlement of a claim which no doubt will impact on future premium negotiations and very directly on membership subscriptions.  \nParaglidier certification for competitions has been a problem since the two fatal accidents at the last World Paragliding Championships in Pedrahita. The suspension of ‘comps wings’ from competitions has had a whole series of unintended consequences. A few of the gliders that were formerly ‘compswings’ have been modified to fit into the EN-­‐D class and many say that this has had a distorting effect on the whole EN certification scheme. The last time Exec considered the issue, they voted by an overwhelming majority to pursue the aim of having only EN Certified wings in competitions. Now  \nwe see those unintended consequences it appears that, to a certain extent, we may be about to change our mind.  \nMuch of the work of the members of Exec goes unnoticed. Amongst our day to day routines, we are all constantly engaged in representing hang glider and paraglider pilots to the huge number of outside bodies that can help or hinder our sports. John Nash and I regularly attend Royal Aero Club Council meetings. This is our direct route into Europe Airsports and ultimately into the European Aviation Safety Agency, which is steadily becoming the EU’s version of the CAA.  \nOur other route of representation to EASA is via the European Hang Gliding and Paragliding Union. Our usual delegation is Chairman and Chairman FSC, however last year Angus Pinkerton was unable to attend and so I accompanied Martin Heywood to Dublin. This year Angus and I attended the meeting in Taormina on the island of Sicily. It’s always a full day of tedium starting at 9 .00am and ending at 6 .00pm. Even so, the backdrop to the coffee breaks of a sun drenched Mediterranean sea and Mt Etna rising to a snow capped peak at 12,000 feet, gave the meeting a whole different flavour to those held in the more pedestrian parts of Europe. Next year it’s Holland and we are off to a Hotel within a short ride of Schiphol Airport. It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it !  \nEHPU has had a major influence in the discussions about certification of competition paragliders. I was fortunate enough to attend the inaugural meeting of the EHPU during my last period of Chairmanship and there was no sense then that it would become a major force. Now we attend as one of the major players, alongside Germany and France. It is gratifying to see how in such an unexpected way the BHPA has become such an influence in world Hang Gliding and Paragliding. This year we all agreed that we would not recognise qualifications or ratings created by commercial bodies and confirmed to CIVL that more work was required to approve competitions wings. EHPU continues to fund the work of the Secretariat for WG6, the paragliding EN certification body, with assistance from others.  \nI should comment on how Exec is a remarkable tea","cbCaijn0XLE33H1M","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijn0XLE33H1M","pdf",658115,21,"English","# Chairman’s Report\n## Recurring challenges for the BHPA\n## Schools liaison and insurance impacts\n## Competition certification and EN class considerations\n## Representation to external aviation bodies (EASA/EHPU)\n## Exec team roles and acknowledgements","[{\"question\":\"What recurring challenges does the report highlight for BHPA?\",\"answer\":\"The report highlights ongoing difficulties in bringing new people into the sport, persistent insurance issues, and complexities in paraglider certification.\"},{\"question\":\"How does insurance performance affect premiums and membership costs?\",\"answer\":\"After several good years with fewer claims, premiums fell, but a later substantial claim settlement is expected to affect future premium negotiations and membership subscriptions.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the report’s update on competition paraglider certification?\",\"answer\":\"Following changes after fatal accidents and the suspension of ‘comps wings,’ unintended consequences emerged, including modifications toward EN-D class; the Executive previously aimed for only EN Certified wings, but now considers possibly changing course again.\"}]","BHPA AGM - Chairman’s Report - 2 March 2013 | PDF",1791015360,53]