Did you hear that she gave her instructor a present of her bra when she passed her PPL test?
Wonder what she gave him (or her) when she got the CPL and IR
The fact is that chutes, Glass cockpits and FADEC are here and will be here to stay whether anyone likes it or not. Might as well get to grips with it now. Parachutes will become commonplace on all new aeroplanes I am sure.
A lot of this "new plane" FITS training is based around the autopilot, which lets face it, is a bloody good pilot aid. For serious "go places" flight, why bother with hand flying when the auto pilot can do it? You can then spend more time concentrating on other things, like the routing, aeroplane systems etc....
On the subject of spins and the Cirrus, some people would like to believe that the spin characteristics of the aeroplane may be the cause of a number of accidents. As a comparison there is not one twin out there certified for spins, the reason being that if you put one into a spin, it won't be coming out unless you are very very lucky. So whats the problem? At least the Cirrus has a way out, you pop the chute.
It probably won't be long before we see light aeroplanes with built in protocols to prevent pilot induced unusual attitudes or stressing the aeroplane beyond limits. The G1000 is half way there, you pull up beyond about 30° or roll beyond a certain limit and a series of red arrow appear on the screen showing you which way to push or pull to correct the UA.