The harness demonstrates more about Schmoll’s capabilities than a simple description of him as a parachute sewer or repair technician would convey.
He had to account for:
- how opening loads would reach Pack’s body;
- how the system would behave under nonstandard attachment geometry;
- how hardware could be located under severe time pressure;
- how the jumper could manipulate that hardware in freefall;
- what could happen if the primary donor failed to arrive; and
- how to introduce a useful contingency without making the already complex system unmanageable.
It is therefore reasonable to describe the project as specialized parachute-harness engineering or fabrication, provided “engineering” is used functionally rather than as evidence that Schmoll held an engineering degree or a professional-engineer license.