"houstondan" wrote in message
oups.com...

i like that analogy. i'm sorta suprised noone has gotten on the cirrus
guys' comment that they have a really excellent icing system...the
saying it's only good for an hour or so to find somewhere to land.
huh?? do you suspect they might phrase that a little different in the
sales talk?? i would be interested in knowing how many times that pilot
had made that trip in those "approximate" conditions, relied on that
"excellent" icing system and did just fine.


Night, mountains, ice, inexperienced pilot? Could be just simple task
saturation followed by panic followed by disorientation with 'chute
deployment too late to make a difference. It's awful soon to speculate the
deicing system is bum.

-cwk.