Fuji
Just touching on your point about Sky Gods.
I have now lost 7 good friends in Aviation 2 just recently both extremely experienced SKY GODS. One a retired Easy Jet Captain the other a very cautious and experienced multi thousand hour pilot.
When I think of some of the flying I have done and got away with in the past and look at them it is very humbling.
Sky Gods are the characters of fiction the rest of us are just human who try to do what we do to the best of our ability.
Sadly other than ground accidents any aircraft accident is likely to kill you and hence the Cirrus idea of introducing a chute to lower its occupants safely to the ground was awesome as the the loss to family and friends from these accidents is awful.
So I applaud the chute but as in anything which brings positives there are usually negatives and enhanced confidence is one which lures pilots into the very situation where they need the chute.
I am sure that is stronger than you give credit for
Pace