I find it upsetting when individuals post in threads, especially emotive ones like this, with ‘facts’ that are blatantly wrong.
If a thread is not in your area of expertise why state, as fact, something about which you know very little?
For clarification, the MDC trip arm (initiated by the seat moving up the rail) will only fire the MDC for the specific cockpit. Canopy fracture handles (they are located inside and outside the cockpit) will blow all the MDC. This is a fact. I even checked an aircrew manual to be sure.
I could rant on about other facts but I won’t. Don’t even get me started on gliding versus Hawk PFLs/PEFATOs. I have done both.
BV