Cloverdale terminates skydiving lease

<p>The city of Cloverdale has terminated the lease of a skydiving company at the city airport following an injury to one of its instructors and safety complaints from an ex-employee.</p><p>Skydive Cloverdale was required by its lease to use only FAA-certified parachute riggers, which it did not do, according to the city.</p><p>The city suspended the company’s license in April, asking the company to provide information on its employees and operations.</p><p>The suspension came after an injury to a customer and two injuries to an instructor in the past year.</p><p>The revocation took effect Wednesday.</p><p>The FAA is also investigating the company over concerns about parachute packing, said Rick Baker, an FAA investigator in Oakland.</p><p>Federal regulations say main parachutes must be packed by the user or by a rigger who is under the supervision of an FAA-certified packer, and that reserve chutes be packed by an FAA-certified packer, Baker said.</p><p>A co-owner of the company, Dee Ann Jones, said the city’s decision will be appealed.</p>