Originally Posted by
SpazSinbad
Apparently some newbies were not strapping in TIGHT ENOUGH so that they would then bounce on the seat. Apparently these newbies claimed they could not reach the ejection seat handle but I think the 'weapon jettison handle' was mislabelled by news reporters misunderstanding. The nose strut was made 'not so bouncy' which also helped a taxiing issue about bounce. I guess this bounce is exacerbated at low aircraft weight, while several bigwigs say it is not a problem at normal/heavy not carqual light weights. Anyway several other tweaks appear to have solved the bounce problem.
There’s some training required when switching from a torso parachute harness for sure. The air force pilots tend to do the opposite and over tighten, which creates its own problems.
I think you’re spot on about the mislabelled handle/switches, you’d have to have very short arms (T-Rex?) not to be able to reach the seats firing handle.