https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejection_seat#Pilot_safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejection_seat#Pilot_safety: “Compression fractures of vertebrae are a rec

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejection_seat#Pilot_safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejection_seat#Pilot_safety: “Compression fractures of vertebrae are a recurrent side effect of ejection.” You literally can get centimeters shorter by an ejection. I also read, but cannot find it, that being ejected even once can mean instant retirement from a combat fighter job because the risk of a second ejection is too high.