I have only about 200 hours in the last couple of years in a cirrus.
I don't know why it attracts sometimes such adverse publicity and comments
I have enjoyed flying this more than anything else I have flown, twins included
I hand fly it 95% of the time.
It's just a joy and easy to fly.
I have flown longer, further and greater distances across water (the med) than in anything else.
I have read the poh on iPad more times than I can recall, and joined copa.
I cannot understand the criticism that cirrus pilots may somehow push the boundaries more than others. Makes no sense to me.
But I have though that in a water crossing more than a 100 miles that the parachute gives me one more option.
But it's no more than my training in endless forced landings in fields. It's just another technique for that worst day !