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Can you back up that sweepingly broad statement with ANY facts? They
are ALL dumb and unexperienced? Every Cirrus (I don't know enough about the others to comment) owner I've ever met except one had well under 500 hours when he bought it. Cirrus won't tell us who is buying, but the accident rate is awfully high and I can see no other reason for it being that high. I've flown that airplane (including bailing out a pilot on approach in IMC) and I see nothing about that airplane that should be a problem for an experienced and proficient pilot. Now the one exception was a guy who had hundreds of hours in a Bonanza. He had ONE (and ONLY one) reason for buying it. The parachute. Not because he thinks it has value (he doesn't - he considers it a gimmick that caters to the inexperienced) but because his wife will fly with him in the Cirrus with the parachute, but would not fly with him in his Bonanza. That makes it worth it to him. Michael |
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