That brings into question the arguement of whether having a chute doesnt encourage Cirrus pilots to fly in conditions they wouldnt contemplate if there was no chute? Ie in bad weather and at night,over inhospitable terrain or even if the pilot is stressed or under the weather?
Personally I feel the aircraft is better with a chute! This has to be the way forward with better and better designs which work at higher and higher speeds.
Single pilot with PAX who are powerless if anything goes wrong? At least the PAX have an option.
The pilot has more options if all goes badly pear shaped but with more options come more choices as in light twin flying and more options to take the wrong decision even if that decision is whether to go flying at all!
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