>Rear mounted engines better for the flight crew ? - there is at least on instance where an uncontained failure seriously injured a cabin crew member on a DC9, I believe. She was sitting on the 'jump seat' at the rear galley.
<
yes, Valujet @ ATL, but she was cabin crew not fight crew . The regulation reflects a difference in protection (25.903d1) The flight crew is typically outside the presumed 15 degree uncontained hazard zone.