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Old 13th May 2014, 19:49
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Like Jonzarno, I'm happy to fly a Cirrus in lower IMC conditions than other aircraft
This is now going round in circles. You are now actually answering, and confirming, the very points that some are making. Namely the knowledge that a BRS is on board, allows Cirrus flyers to, push the envelope, happy in the knowledge that if it goes wrong, pull the chute.

This, in my view, is fundamentally wrong.

I happen to drive a very fast Mercedes. I got there, by track driving, driving TVR, ie, I have experience. I have not totalled a high performance car yet.

The fact it has dual airbags, does not make me go berserk, and drive at the 215 mph, the car will do. If I did, I would no doubt, kill myself.

Same with the Cirrus issue, sooner or later, and by the looks of it, many have already, people will kill themselves. It appears by your comments, and the plentiful anecdotal evidence, that flying skills are being ignored, eroded, simply because a chute will save the day.

This cannot be right.
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