I can’t see this as a gimmick. There will be hardware failures, and pilots will fly themselves into situations they can’t cope with, whether there is a BRS or not. But it does offer a way out, why add to the statistics? If I was flying my wife and kids and found myself in conditions I couldn’t cope with, over mountainous terrain, I would certainly pop the chute. I wouldn’t further demonstrate my lack of airmanship by rolling it into a ball when a better option was available.
I don’t think we are talking large numbers here, but there have been six lives saved already. It does seem that there was considerable risk in all three incidents, but they all survived.
It will be interesting to see if anyone else installs these systems.
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