Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
Sorry, no! The 'chute pack certainly had a stiff back to it (which is the part that first showed wear in use) but it was separate from the seat and kept in the line office. We were supposed to undo the chute pack, climb out, then retrieve it. As I said, I never left mine in the seat.
As 132bod has mentioned there Shy, I am fairly certain on my time 81/82 the chute was left in situ. As per my previous mention of my student colleague practice abandon without the chute. Drill was undo chute, undo harness after a sortie. He was going through the normal sequence to leave the cockpit on the ground. Of course it may have changed by the end of the decade. 132bod thank you for the info.