"Andrew Gideon"

But almost every non-pilot pax I know is in
love with the idea.

Because of the role I play in my club, I think a lot about failure
scenarios
and backups. If only the statistics for twins were better...laugh.

One scenario for the flying family is the incapacitated pilot. My
"solution" was to get my wife into PPL training. But would it not be
easier (and, perhaps even safer) to train someone to use a BRS?

I'm curious: has anyone trained a spouse (or other "frequent flying
companion") in chute operation for this purpose?

I intend to. It's a pretty straight forward procedure and way easier than
landing. Although I know of a case where a passenger, with no previous
training, in a 172 (I think), was talked down to a successful landing.
(That being one which one walks away from.)

There was a SR-22 pilot who pulled the chute over the Hudson after he
briefly lost consciousness. He sustained serious back injuries because the
landing gear doesn't take its share of the impact in a ditching. Wonder if
Cirrus thought of that before?

moo