'Low Observable' said: "I don't think that anyone can sanely argue that a system with a failure mode that requires auto-eject is some great advance in flight safety...."
I blame the Russians.
Quote from the previous page of this thread 'Low Observable' URL where Tomlinson describes his F-35B experiences thusly:
"...The F-35B fly-by-wire system gives angle-of-attack and sideslip control, and departure protection. Further pilot workload reduction is given by performance deficit protection, conversion speed window protection and FOD protection warning; and flight test has a watching brief on the requirement for possible tail strike protection during slow landings (currently not considered necessary). Pilot cognitive errors (of trying to control thrust with the throttle) have been mitigated in the design. In the unlikely event of the lift fan failing catastrophically the aircraft would pitch inverted in 0.6 seconds, and the pilot is protected by auto-ejection signalled by pitch rate and attitude (derived from the YAK 38 & 141 systems)...."
Test Flying The Joint Strike Fighter