THING i'm new here and i have been slapped with the rule book on a few occasions!
Most of the guys know from where they speak! i normally feel like a chided school boy by the end of the thread!
I think if you asked any fixed wing prop driver about parachutes your bound to get the above responses. Most of us know the likely hood of getting out of your average spam can is unlikely (even for the more motivated of us) especially at the altitudes most of us fly at (sub 4000ft). If the engine stops we are more than likely to join the gliding brotherhood at this point rather than the Caterpillar club!