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Old 24th Sep 2015, 06:21
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I can remember when, after a Harrier crash in which the chute carried a female cadet into the fireball, a minimum weight limit was put on seat requirements. Cue much moaning by girlfriends and pilots. We nicknamed it the Revenge of the Fat WRAFs.

Thereafter whenever they had to turn up in growbag to be weighed there would be a shortage of spanners in toolboxes and large lumps in pockets - leg as well as chest - which the medics ignored..........

Memories apart, increasing the 95% to cover female as well as male led to many legacy cockpits as well as seats being unsuitable for all aircrew, but there is no excuse for a modern type not to meet the design requirement. As stated by others, add it to the list.....
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