Gary Emerson wrote:
Pro - if you depart the ship, your chute is activated

Con - same applies if you land and get out and forget you're connected

It seems to me that it would be relatively easy to come up with a cheap
device that holds a good size loop in the lanyard behind the seat, and
starts beeping madly if the loop gets pulled out. That's assuming that
this happens often enough to be an issue...

Marc