I think we will have to disagree on this..
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"I do wish that people would not speak with authority about things that they don't know nothing about."
1. "Most Pilot Instructors managed to use the radar as well as fly the aircraft!"
IE Training sorties.
2. "radar display could not be pulled out to its design position."
It's in the stowed or emergency position ie ejection position
"the F4E kept rear sticks fitted throughout and trained their WSOs the basics of how to fly."
Were they the same radar sets?
However back on topic
"little thought was given to the use of command eject when flying a "passenger" "
IE "We've always done it this way"?
...I think it is extremely unfair to expect passengers, even those who pax a lot, to have the same, honed, instinct for survival as pilots/navs on ejection seat equipped aircraft.
An instinct that is brought to and kept, on an edge, throughout both RAF flying and operational training..