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Originally Posted by catdad7x
There is a huge difference between flying in a passenger jet or small civilian aircraft, and a military fighter jet. They aren't called "High Performance" for nothing. One should be mentally & physically prepared for the rigorous effects of flying in one. I'm mildly surprised he was allowed to get in the aircraft considering his stressed condition. Being untrained for it, he's very lucky he wasn't more seriously injured during the ejection.
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He was trained for it. He had to go through three training exercises before he could fly in the plane.
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