Originally Posted by
Zero27
Hands on knees you would say? What worries me most is the control column coming forward and into the chest, I doubt it's designed to bend in some way to avoid doing so on impact (or is it?).
On the vast majority of aircraft, no it's not, and I can certainly see the validity of those proposing crossed arms or tucked into the harness. I'm not aware that that has been formally assessed by anybody, but that doesn't make it a bad idea.
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