Originally Posted by
Hen Ddraig
Rules are rules but in an emergency they become guidelines at best and the pilots is the ultimate arbiter in what happens.
The second hand info I have is that the aircraft was inverted when the engine stopped (not a good time to use a bang seat) and that the P1 is an experienced, current, fast jet driver/instructor
Time to spare, go by air
Hen Ddraig
My recollection from ejection seat training in a former life was that the big issue was total upwards velocity vector after ejection. This meant that whilst erect/level was much better than inverted/level, inverted/climbing could be better than either with a good RoC immediately before ejection.
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