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You make very valid points but there is a slight area of concern.
As an IR pilot you are very good at what you do and well up to flying a twin in difficult weather/ circumstances ie you are not relying on the aircraft to compensate for a lack of experience or holes in your abilities.
We should all fly within our and the aircrafts limits! Caution dictates that in most circumstances we will!!
My judgment on the chute is purely based on how I personally would feel flying a Cirrus compared to say a 172.
I would undertake night flights in the Cirrus as a multi pilot I would be more cautious in the 172!
I would also probably push my luck in bad weather or fly over fog banks in the Cirrus hence while I may not fly out of my limits I would probably fly out of the aircraft limits more in a Cirrus than the 172.
It is just human nature! Feel safer and you will fly unsafer!!!
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 27th Jul 2012 at 22:08.