The sad part is the fact that there are so many Cirrus pilots that don't take the training, and they seem to be the ones who are having the accidents.
There does appear to be a bias, The COPA members appear to gain an edge on safety awareness, or the safer pilot's are more interested and prepared to spend time and money on training, not sure which it is but I do know membership of COPA is the best value $65.00 dollars I will ever spend annually on aviation.
Rick is a long term prolific contributor and safety guru to the COPA organisation and as I understand it on a purely volunteer basis like all COPA members.