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I'm ex-USAF Life Support tech and Aircrew Survival Instructor.
Occasionally, flight crew would ask me a similar question - my answer was always the same: "We can build a new aircraft in six months. It takes 20-25 years to build a new you. Bail." I take your point completely. Perhaps what I should have asked was "which is safer". I'm not a whizz on ejection seats (all I can lay claim to fame with them is sitting in a live one on a couple of occasions) - from what I've read they certainly have saved a lot of lives - but also many cases of pilots being killed by them. I'm quite curious to know what the chances of survival (and without major injuries) would be for a pilot ejecting from a modern aircraft under "ideal" conditions (eg 200 - 300 knots, not Mach 1.8) etc. Have they got to the point where a "pilot in need" flying with one things thinks "thank god I've got an ejection seat" or is it a case of "do I feel lucky today" - if you get what I mean. Off memory I think the survival rate from Escapac seats from our Air Force was only something like 50% CC |
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