In the same way, a BRS chute would expand my mission capability because I would not need to worry as much about overflying large forests or mountains.
Gutsy comment. I find the biggest comfort for me is when flying over low IFR i.e. clouds down to the deck..
Regarding glass cockpits a hard thing for me to adjust to was that you couldn't set the horizon line like on a conventional AI. Instead the PFD represents the pitch relative to the horizon as you would view it looking outside.
I think glass is undergoing a transition from counting features to making things easier. R9 is much simpler than the older Entegra/Garmin 430W setup.