You lose the option of standard spin recovery in exchange
for the chute.
Nope. Just not a spin recovery capability proven in certification. For all any
of us know, a standard recovery will work, especially if initiated early. If it
*doesn't* though, the pilot does have another option.

Well, I suppose you also don't "lose" the option of doing the Tango.
The spin recovery was not proven in certification. If you get into a
spin, you have the option of becoming a test pilot, or of pulling the
chute. In a standard airplane, you have the option of standard spin
recovery (which has been proven to work), or becoming a test pilot.

Jose
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