Yeah,
I remember tails of the canopy alignment bracket being out of aligment could set the MDC off, so we hid under the belly during closing. By the point of closing, you had straddled the rear cockpit (facing rearwards) to help strap in. You then turned around and stood over the front seat to lift the back pad of the pilot. You would then remove both the rear and front canopy MDC pin and they would be stowed by aircrew.
One incident which i was told of happened overseas (maybe TLP)
- Nav Unstrapped on Taxi in
- Shoulder strap went over canopy MDC cable.
- Canopy up with pins out.
- Strap pulled cable down.
- Bye bye MDC.
The Pilot/Nav would stand up and fit the Canopy MDC pins prior to exit.