007heli
You make a good point. I think the philosophy among Cirrus pilots is different from the rest of the GA community. There has been so much ill informed reporting about the use of the chute that understandably it is difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff. I think COPA's position is if in doubt pull the chute.
Pace I dont doubt the integrity of your views but I would ask you this; have you flown with a range of PPLs recently and asked them to demonstrate a PFL without warning? Theory is well and good but we live and operate in the real world. Whether PPLs are as good at PFLs as the use to be is academic, we can only deal with reality. I ask because in my experience most dont practice PFLs and the outcome is far from predictable even when most of us would like what we see.