LO, thanks for the answer, which means you fly with your hands in a "ready to eject" position (which might not be on the controls?) or you get increased flail damage on the way out because the aircraft's pitch rate is being busily corrected (in vain) by your monkey skill reflexes and you are out the top (IIRC, that's a 13 G acceleration with modern seats) in a poor ejection posture.
So it goes, I suppose it beats ending up like quite a few of the Harrier A guys who had those flip overs back in the early days of the AV-8 ...
Just wear that neck brace for a while ... that helmet is heavy, right?
