Originally Posted by
dctyke
Zulu 10: You also seem to be suggesting that every design should be right first time. You’re a creationist I assume?
In the case of ejection seats with 60 years of development I will firmly put my hand up and say YES.
In my mind every ejection seat that makes it into production aircraft MUST be right first time. Creationist? maybe. I'm also someone who worked on and around ejection seats for many years.
If this wasn't such a serious subject then I'd be rather amused by the ironies contained in your somewhat oxymoronic post. As it is I'll simply point out that in 1976 there hadn't been "60 years" of development.
I also think that you're confusing design standards with production standards - though I'm unsure if that's deliberate.
BTW: If you replace the '1' with a '0' at the end of the URL, then press refresh on your browser, you'll be able to quote others.
I too have experience, I just don't feel the need to state it publicly.