I think that someone on the design team hated pilots.
Had cause to fly from Strubby to North Denes out to a light vessel and back then return to Strubby all rotors running. I got out on the vessel and twice at Denes. By the time I got back to Strubby I was crippled by the appalling seats and could hardly walk.
Asked the captain (Dennis Anderson) how on earth he could just sit there for so long.
"Oh you just get used to it"