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While I am certain there will be no evidence that parachutes have any impact on pilot behavior based on the small sample size, I am also certain that there is nothing magic about pilots and that they suffer from the same effects of psychological risk compensation as everyone else does. If parachutes make taking risks less fatal then more risks will be taken. It is as simple as that.



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