I well remember the chief engineer of Irving Airchute trying to persuade us to use parachute braking on our airliners. We rejected the idea for much the reasons WHBM covers - i.e. release it after use and then try to catch it or else drag it on the ground and wear it out. It was said that a self-packing 'chute was being developed which could have solved that problem, but our operations specialist believed that pilots liked to be able to check that braking systems functioned whilst taxi-ing out - second nature with wheel brakes and airbrakes but impossible with a 'chute.
Back to Caravelles, in the early days of Airbus we often did day trips to Paris and found the 08:00 AF Caravelle (LHR-ORY) was less full than the 08:00 BEA Trident and often landed first! Returning in the evening we used BEA as we could leave the Sud Aviation office near the Bois de Boulogne by taxi at 16:45 and be on the 17:30 Trident (or Comet in one case) flight from Le Bourget.