Ron Lee wrote:
If the ultimate facts in these two
events lead to pilot error as a primary factor, you need to address
that instead of relying on crutches.

Sorry, I'm with Durden on this one. To insist some pilots pulled their chutes
for reasons that were maybe, possibly, seems like, could-have-been not good
enough is your own point of view. You weren't there and don't know what the
situation was. To use your opinion to argue they shouldn't have had the chute
option is a cruel and inflexible point of view.

Some people like to go farther out on a limb than others, some feel perfectly
safe with few emergency options, and others go over their checklist three
times, always use that damn shoulder belt, and would pull the chute if they
feel like they're losing it.
The pilots in a couple Cirrus planes used a safety measure and survived the
situation. It may turn out, or we may never know, that they might not have died
without the option of using it.

Some people die of bad judgement. More all the time don't. Get right to work
on making us a goof-proof species if you can, but don't try to claim that
forgoing safety options on other people's behalf will make them safer.