Paul we are not talking about another option! This thread has been built around the chute now being advised for ANY engine failure not as an extra safety option which I welcome.
I still ask if it is so good and bulletproof compared to a forced landing why cannot you get Cirrus to endorse its use in the way many here are advocating.
I remind you of the Cirrus official position.
If the engine fails at altitude, pitch as necessary to establish best glide. While gliding toward a suitable landing area, attempt to identify the cause of the failure and correct it. if Altitude or terrain does not permit a safe landing, CAPS deployment may be required.
Again the chute is being recommended as a last resort failing a suitable landing area being located not as a primary means of dealing with engine failure.
I am not your problem in your quest you need to get Cirrus on board!! One poster here is so convinced that he claims he will use the chute as a primary recovery system from any engine failure over green fields or busy city centre! That itself is worrying? And why? Because he has no confidence in a forced landing! Something is very wrong somewhere?
Pace