glad rag, You have misunderstood, I stated:
As for command eject, the concept of command eject in a two crew fighter was different to that of an instructional aircraft such as the Hawk. BAE and the RAF obviously thought that they would not want a student in the front to be able to eject an instructor in the rear seat. Clearly, little thought was given to the use of command eject when flying a "passenger". We will see if the Accident Investigation makes any comment or recommendation in this area?
And you answered:
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.
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My point was that it should have been possible in all command eject aircraft to set the system so that the front seater ejects BOTH crew.
In addition, I have over 2500 hours on both the F4 (D,E,K and M)and the Tornado F3 so I believe that I have some credibility to make comments about those aircraft?