On 2/9/2011 9:32 AM, JJ Sinclair wrote:
Why not wear it, and provide another option that's known to work?
It's
not like you are going to test your BRS system for proper operation.

I thought about that, but I believe the BRS system will deploy with
near 100% assurance. At 76, I'm only 50% sure I could get out of a
stable aircraft and zero% sure I could make it out of a spinning
tumbling fur-ball. If for some reason the BRS deployed but didn't
inflate, I would/could be trying to go over the side and into the un-
inflated risers and canopy of the BRS..............grrrrr

Or maybe the BRS deploys completely, but the glider attitude is making
everything gyrate so badly that it's going to be a really, really bad
"touchdown".

My thought was wearing it didn't add to your risk, and it might be a
good hedge against an untested installation that turns out to have "issues".

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