Sanity check!  If you have enough control over the aircraft to execute that maneuver, why would you want to bail out?  The only time bailing out becomes a necessity is when the aircraft is uncontrollable.  However, then you get to do it in whatever attitude is presented to you, not in an attitude of your choosing.

Hamid

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Hamid,

 

Well said. In all the aircraft accidents that I investigated while in the Navy or while at McDonnell Douglas-- the only time the crew pulled the handle and ejected was if the aircraft was on fire or if it was uncontrollable.

 

Jeff