Cirrus BRS deployments - Alan Klapmeier's comments on NPR

Howdy!

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Ron Lee wrote:
(Michael) wrote:

(Rick Durden) wrote
It's interesting to read of your anti-safety perspective...

I find it highly counterproductive than when someone starts asking the
hard questions, he is immediately labeled as anti-safety. I think
these questions need to be asked.

It is useful to examine the use of BRS to discern how the pilot came to
the decision to deploy. Given the relative newness of BRS in GA, there is
little actual data on how one decides when it is time to pull the handle.
That examination can include "hard questions" without prejudging the
pilot. Wondering out loud if it "is a last resort for pilot incompetence"
or characterizing it as a "crutch" is not part of constructively
considering the matter. It displays a disdain for the tool that suggests
an anti-safety perspective.

Michael

Well said Michael. Now I will add additional info to refute Durden's
assertion that I am anti-safety. I started skydiving in the mid-70s.
One main malfunction where I had to deploy my reserve according to my
training. I would do it again today under the same circumstances.

[snip declamation]

When your declamation is considered in consort with your statements in
this thread, it comes across as "but I have friends who are black/gay/
republicans".

I could go on, but Mr Durden, you are 100% wrong about me being
"anti-safety". By questioning the pilot's role in these incidents, my
view is more likely to achieve real reductions in lost lives that
adopting a "pull the handle" approach.

You don't question the pilot's roles so much as you insinuate that they
exhibited questionable judgement and relied on a crutch as a substitute
for good pilotage and flying judgement. You prejudge the pilots and you
prejudge the tools they used.

It is entirely possible that either or both of those pilots were hasty
in resorting to the BRS, but none of us have the information needed
to draw that conclusion. You seem to disagree.

yours,
Michael

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