but getting ejected out first also means withstanding the force for a longer duration, especially going through the middle troposphere at high speed...I am not sure if that would be easier in terms of survival...<p>But to increase the chance, in this kind of high speed ejection situation, why not make the escape pod or capsule a standard configuration, in place of an ejection seat...I just feel a well-designed pod or a capsule would provide an extra layer to buffer the extremely strong impact...<p>And capsule or pod has been deployed on some super-sonic aircraft such as Rockwell B-1 Lancer (still in service at this time)...That might be more expensive and would definitely require much more complicated design and extended experiments...But comparing to human life, all the other costs would seem to me much less important...<p>I saw this quote from wikipedia, 
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Escape_crew_capsule" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Escape_crew_capsule</a><p><pre><code>  Kelly Johnson, founder of Lockheed Skunk Works, and developer of
  the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird family of spy planes, commented on
  escape crew capsules when discussing development of the
  YF-12A (Blackbird) ejection seat: &quot;.... I have never been
  convinced that a capsule ejection is required for anything other
  than high velocity re-entry from outer space....&quot;

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But clearly, a shredded suit is nothing like a capsule...