"Matt Whiting" wrote in message news:
Darkwing wrote:
That's true in any situation and our Armchair Quarterbacking will always
make sense after the fact. But if the thing truly did go out of control I
don't think I would "hope" that a warmer lower level would shed the ice
and allow me to regain control, assuming of course the wings stayed
attached. I think I'd rather read that the chute "saved" the lives of 3
GA pilots and passengers instead of another GA plane crash in bad weather
that caused the plane to "stall". The chute, whatever your opinion as a
pilot, is a good PR story for GA.

Baloney. They may be good PR for Cirrus, and I've long suspected this was
the only motivation behind including them, but they are lousy PR for GA
overall.

How so? And how do you know it?

moo