False safety feeling?
In an attempt to clean up the Greek crash posting
It is a known fact that the introduction of mandatory safety belts in cars led the drivers to increase their speed due to perceived increased safety. The same has happened with airbags.
The question is then, does the ballistic chute lead to the same human drive to increase risk because there is an escape route?
The same question could be asked about glass cockpits. Whilst they may be great for extremely current ATPL's, the display of highway in the sky could give not so current pilots a false sense of safety, especially in this transition period of the old dials versus glass, with PPL instruction planes often still being on these old dials.
Comments anyone?