The chute should not be used at the first sign of trouble but as a last resort after conventional solutions are considered too risky
I totally agree but also dependent on altitude and therefore time to find a solution, I do not think this guy had many seconds left to solve the problem he should never have got into in the first place.
The chute is very ineffective as an option on approach, if you mess it up on that phase there is very few situations where it is effective.
Approach, base to final turn's (read stalls) , incorrect landing speeds, and botched go around,s are a high proportion of Cirrus Fatal's and virtually all are Pilot Error and therefore either currency, incompetency or incorrect training and the Chute is a useless options in these 3 scenario's.