Air combat then (WW2/1); Air combat now; Friends die everyday, need to have balls the size of watermelons, seeing the enemy plane pass inches away from yours, need to parachute out of a burning plane in the middle of a dogfight; Beyond Line-of-Sight combat, SARH missiles launched from 100km away, never gets to see enemy face, through your cockpit. Paint is scratched? EJECT! Pulls a small lever an you are safe.