Abstract: An improved parachute bridle assembly and an improved method for deploying a parachute are provided. The improved bridle assembly includes a bridle having a main pilot chute attached at a distal end thereof, and a second pilot chute attached to the bridle at about a midpoint thereof. The second pilot chute is spaced from the main pilot chute by a distance that allows the second pilot chute to enter the airstream independently of the main pilot chute. In use of the bridle assembly, deployment is initiated by spring ejection of the main pilot chute into the airstream. Thereafter, the second pilot chute is ejected into the airstream. The pilot chutes pull a deployment bag from the harness container thereby extracting the main canopy.