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submitted 10 months ago by Stamets to c/[email protected]

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[–] ChewTiger 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If that's true, that's wild. Those seats are insane, it's amazing people can survive them.

[–] Woht24 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can't vouch for it but I've read you only get 3 ejections before you're medically discharged because it compresses your spine pretty badly

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I can't imagine they'd want to keep the guy who crashed three planes either.

[–] ook_the_librarian 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's why you throw away half of the resumes from applicants. You don't want to hire unlucky people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I mean, I figure even if they all were 'act of god' type accidents that's the amount of bad luck where you really should start giving it weight. I'm reminded of how the guy who set the record for most lightning strikes survived got really paranoid about clouds later in life.

[–] JJROKCZ 3 points 10 months ago

Yea the medical discharge might just be the excuse to get rid of the pilot that burned half a billion in crashed planes and recovery efforts for them