Originally Posted by
dctyke
Re the Flight Safety Awards. After the sad events on the Red Arrows with the ejection seat shackle issue I was amazed that wrong shackles could be fitted to Tornado seats and potentially the opposite to Hawk seats. Having worked in bays working with four different aircraft seat types this simply could not have happened with the systems then used. I really do wonder if today's engineering is better than it was in the 80s.
Aye. You'll have to roll with this one...PM if you want.