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by Retric 3869 days ago
Surviving a water landing from an ejector seat takes a fair bit of training. IMO, a backup parachute system would probably be about as safe and cheaper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_Recovery_Systems

Granted, scaling up from a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_D-Jet to a 787 would be extremely difficult.