I thought an airplane PFD was a parachute? :->

Try to remember that when the wind changes and you end up in the water under your canopy and are loaded with your body weight in gear. As the parachute is dragging you under think back to this post. BTW, if you can get out from under the canopy and away from the shroud lines, loose all the gear except that the gear that goes bang. Loose too much gear and the paperwork is annoying. Don't loose enough, and you get to meet the divers. Well not meet, but they get to "meet" you.

Yep, once you're in the water a parachute is a liability. One horror story has a Navy pilot eject at low altitude and enter the water near the aircraft he just got out of which was sinking quickly. His parachute was snagged by the plane and he couldn't release the parachute from his harness. His body was not recovered.

I was amazed how much that piece of nylon weighed. Thank goodness it was a training environment, and the water wasn't deep. I had a nice lunch with the divers that got the weapon off the bottom for me also. The price beat the heck out of the paperwork for CID and all that.