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> marketed toward wealthy ... pilots Should they be targeting the poor ones with their "very expensive" aircraft? > low time pilots Can you provide ANY evide
by Involute 13y ago
> marketed toward wealthy ... pilots
Should they be targeting the poor ones with their "very expensive" aircraft?
> low time pilots
Can you provide ANY evidence that Cirrus targets "low time pilots?" Of course, the customer's insurance company has some say in this, too.
> There is an argument to be made that this feature has created overconfident pilots ...
Sure, but, again, where's your evidence?
> it probably doesn't help that they used the chute as an excuse to skip proper spin testing of the aircraft.
??? The SR20 was spun 60 times, with 60 recoveries, as part of European certification: https://www.cirruspilots.org/copa/safety_programs/m/copa_safety/file/default.aspx# https://www.cirruspilots.org/copa/safety_programs/m/copa_saf...!
- cpncrunch 13y agoThe issue is that Cirrus is marketed as a personal transportation vehicle to people who aren't already pilots. If you look at the accidents, there are quite a few head-scratchers (pilot gets lost and deploys BRS, or pilot gets disoriented in IMC and deploys BRS). It's not just one or two, but quite a lot like this. The Cirrus seems to be the new doctor killer.