Originally Posted by
4mastacker
... and he replied that the Red Arrows aircraft differed from the rest of the Hawks in the fleet in that the command ejection was initiated from the front seat.
All wrong I'm afraid. They are all the same and the rear can (selectably) command eject the front seater but not the other way round. Originally on the premise that the main role would be pilot training with the instructor (aircraft commander) in the back seat. The aircraft role has expanded somewhat and there is little if any student instruction left. That is (one of) the points of this argument.