Eli5, how fighter jet pilots do not crash when they become unconscious due to high g force?
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Some good answers here, but people are still missing a few important aspects.
First is that a pilot going unconscious is a VERY BAD THING. This is not normal. Fighter pilots do not typically pull enough G’s to fall unconscious. They intentionally go to the limit and not any further. So unconscious pilots are a fairly rare thing.
Second, when a pilot passes out from too many G’s, they recover very quickly. Typically within a few seconds after the G forces have been lowered. [Here](https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/f-15-incident/) is a story of a trainee who passed out during a training flight from pulling too many G’s, he recovered in 11 seconds.
So unconscious pilots (from G forces) are very rare, and when it does happen they regain consciousness quickly.
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