[condensedcrab]

I think you’ll find that the cost to train pilots is also substantial. Mostly pilots have 100-1000s of hours to be “combat ready” at many $1000s/flight hr. Google says around $10M for F-35 pilot.

Better to follow protocol and eject. The link is a story where a good pilot followed protocol but still got screwed over.

[bradgranath]

10m for new pilot. This guy was a full bird instructor with 1000s of hours. Probably closer to 30 or 50 million.