You can ride your chute down to the deck. You risk getting "killed" but that is not an issue.
If you are a pilot running around on the ground, you should tower out.
You can't be in a position to draw ack or sneak up on reloading planes on a deacked field to execute pilots.
The best thing to do is tower out in the air. But as soon as your feet hit the ground, you should tower out.