Considering the cause of most crashes,
would you trade the chute for more gas?

Only if I was running out of gas at the time! I've always tried (thus
far successfully) to never get into that situation. However, it is very
common for our fellow pilots to do exactly that.


Well, if you expected to run out of gas, you wouldn't. Ditto the chute.

OF course, only the other pilots run out of gas. But only the other pilots
lose control of the airplane or get iced up.

So, if you ever had an unexpected need for one of these (unspecified) things,
which would you prefer. A chute on the airplane, or six more gallons of gas?

Jose



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