Originally Posted by
OK465
I flew 5800 hours in fighters on 'rocket' seats (plus another 2800 in the Tweet, with cartridge ejection seat) and only used one of the damn things once....an apparently second rate American made product that worked just well enough so I could go on to have the privilege of flying on a MB seat....which I never used.
So I can't really comment on which is better.
If memory serves, the Russian ejection seat has proven itself to be outstanding, performing impeccably in front of a global aviation audience. Perhaps it was not considered for non technical reasons.