drseti wrote:And I have a personal policy wherein if the pilot is wearing a parachute ... I don't fly with him or her!
I hope you do not extend this boycott to helmets, because once I installed my DC headset into K-10 helmet it became too much trouble to take it out, and so I fly Skyhawks in a helmet now.
Also, in some cases chutes are mandated by the operator. I ran into it twice. Once it was in Japan. Apparently everyone is required to wear one in a glider over there for some reason. Other was when Don Simington was wearing one in his Texan (made me wear it too). Don, however, said: "When I order bail out, you bail, but I'll stay. I have too much put into this airplane."