Neck pain - This might be of interest

Joined: Aug 2009
Aviation Qualifications: Military
Posts: 445
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From: Derbyshire
Thank you for that Minnie.............
The bend in the road was in the wrong place, and the car's steering was faulty.
Amazing what people can remember from a very long time ago............
The bend in the road was in the wrong place, and the car's steering was faulty.
Amazing what people can remember from a very long time ago............

Joined: May 2014
Posts: 244
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From: UK

Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 791
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From: EGLD
Apparently some newbies were not strapping in TIGHT ENOUGH so that they would then bounce on the seat. Apparently these newbies claimed they could not reach the ejection seat handle but I think the 'weapon jettison handle' was mislabelled by news reporters misunderstanding. The nose strut was made 'not so bouncy' which also helped a taxiing issue about bounce. I guess this bounce is exacerbated at low aircraft weight, while several bigwigs say it is not a problem at normal/heavy not carqual light weights. Anyway several other tweaks appear to have solved the bounce problem.
I think you’re spot on about the mislabelled handle/switches, you’d have to have very short arms (T-Rex?) not to be able to reach the seats firing handle.





