Pensioner Ejected from Rafale?!

[Nick]

A newly retired French aviation worker made one mistake during a special flight in a Rafale 
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/09/frenchman_ejected_fighter_jet_retirement_jolly/

The investigation must have been eye-opening. I can't imagine anyone got off lightly after that almighty screw-up.

Also in there is the French General who borrowed an Alpha Jet for his weekend getaways - approx £1000 per weekend!
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/29/alpha_jet_france_probe/

[perttime]

A newly retired French aviation worker made one mistake during a special flight in a Rafale 
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/09/frenchman_ejected_fighter_jet_retirement_jolly/

The investigation must have been eye-opening. I can't imagine anyone got off lightly after that almighty screw-up.
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Good thing some parts of the system were not working    The Rafale should be repairable, because of that.

[zenrat]

The pilot was probly both pleased that he wasn't ejected and worried because he wasn't ejected...

[rickshaw]

Its rather an embarrassment.  Nearly as bad as the Alphas which had the smoke for the national colours in the wrong order on the Bastille Day parade a few years back.   

[Captain Canada]

Wow. That is insane !

[martinbayer]

As I already expressed on our sister forum, this series of unfortunate events sounds like what what Alfred Yankovic would call Mandatory Fun...