Cirrus chute deployment -- an incredible story

Jose wrote:
In any case, he had recovered from the unusual attitude....

this isn't only about the unusual attitude. This is about
an unusual blackout, loss of control of a limb and the
pilot facing 204 knots at 1900 feet AGL. If he blacks
out again he has as little as 5-6 seconds to auger it into
the ground (if pointed straight down). That ain't much.
Acro training won't help if he unexplicably blacks out again.
Even if trained in acro, which would you rather do...acro
at below 1900 AGL and already above VNE with a severely compromised
physiologic state and then shoot an approach in low VFR and
possibly IMC or use all available resources and pop the chute.
Now make that decision in seconds when the ground is coming
at you quickly.



Gerald Sylvester