Originally Posted by
Confabulous
If they keep pulling the chute in stupid situations it's going to get a repuation as dangerous, even if it's not. Take for instance the guy that pulled if after having a partial stroke. When he woke up it was going downhill above Vne. The chute held, but the descent rate was such that he broke his back, mainly because he landed on water, with no landing gear to absorb all those forces.
Are you suggesting that he was stupid to pull the chute in that circumstance? Seems like a good idea to me.
FYI, his "broken back" was a crushed vertebra, which was minor compared with the loss of function he suffered after the brain surgery for the tumour. The full story can be read
here.