Marketing and the Cirrus Sales Pitch

Mxsmanic wrote:

Perhaps a plane designed to encourage carelessness combined with a
target demographic of inexperienced and potentially careless pilots.
I doubt that the plane is intrinsically unsafe, but the notion of a
parachute speaks volumes on the design and sales goals.

Designed to encourage carelessness? Are you an aircraft designer now?
What exact features are you referring to?


The parachute? Every manned spacecraft (with the exception of the
Orbiter) that has flown to date has a parachute incorporated into the
design, and a successful mission depends on its deployment. How does the
notion of a parachute automatically encourage carelessness?

Please base your answer on your actual flight experience in actual
aircraft, if possibile.

Dave S writes:

Designed to encourage carelessness? Are you an aircraft designer now?
What exact features are you referring to?

Things like a parachute.

The parachute? Every manned spacecraft (with the exception of the
Orbiter) that has flown to date has a parachute incorporated into the
design, and a successful mission depends on its deployment.

Every manned spacecraft has coasted in a vacuum, too. Every submarine
has spent time underwater. Every car has tires. I don't see any
connections here.

How does the notion of a parachute automatically encourage carelessness?

It gives naïve pilots the impression that the gadgets will save them
no matter how stupid their mistakes might become. The reality is that
the gadgets offer only a small increment of increased safety in
certain specific situations; the obligation of the pilot to be careful
is not diminished.

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Mxsmanic wrote:


It gives naïve pilots the impression ...

Now we are on to something you can claim expertise in.. about time...

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 05:00:23 +0000, Dave S wrote:

Mxsmanic wrote:


It gives naïve pilots the impression ...

Now we are on to something you can claim expertise in.. about time...

Not really. He's not a pilot. He's a gamer.

- Andrew