To reaffirm some of what CJ is saying, you cannot spin if you do not
first stall. Avoid the stall and you avoid the spin. My question would
be, "Why are you opeating so close to stall to begin with?"
If you choose to operate there, you should anticipate the need for
immediate recovery.

C J Campbell wrote:
I do not think the airplane is unsafe. I do think there are some training
issues that need to be addressed, particularly the evident tendency of some
pilots to take risks that they would not consider acceptable in other
aircraft. I do not think that inability to recover from a spin is a flaw,
either. Few airliners will recover from spins, but they have outstanding
safety records, despite their constant operation up in coffin corner. If you
can operate airliners there without falling out of the sky, then surely
Cirrus pilots can be taught to do the same.

I wonder if Borchert or Hilton (or anyone else, for that matter) can show
where a Cirrus did successfully recover from a spin without deploying the
parachute. Until then, I will stand by my assertion that it has not been
done.

The Cirrus accident record speaks for itself, but again, I do not think it
is the fault of the airplane. It seems to me to be basically a training
problem.