Recently, Morgans posted:

"Robert Dorsey" wrote:
The chute was actually designed into the airframe to circumvent
difficulties with spin recovery requirements was it not?

Not necessary spin problems, but as a suitable alternative to spin
testing, and because the aircraft designers believed in the parachute
as an increase to safety.

With the chute, they did not have to FAA spin test it for
certification.

The more I hear this line of reasoning, the more I wonder why a
manufacturer would NOT spin test their aircraft? Surely, the increased
cost of testing would not offset the inuendo that the aircraft can't
recover from a spin? If I were in a position to spend that kind of money
on a plane, I'd want to know that it could be flown within all normal
parameters, and my opinion is that spin recovery is a normal parameter.

Neil