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Originally posted by svandamme
i wonder if such a "chute" system is going to prevent accidents, or inspire new pilots to be more careless , and in return cause accidents because they rely on "the chute"
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The Cirrus' parachute system is credited with saving a couple dozen lives so far.
Pilots know that once the handle is pulled, the airplane will be a total write-off. That's a pretty good reason to be conservative. There have been a couple fatal accidents where the parachute may have saved the day, yet it was not deployed. The pilot was most likely trying to save it untill it was too late.