I got caught behind a JBD one time as a Tomcat went off in afterburner.
It sucked. I just wasn’t paying attention, everyone ELSE ran out, and by the time it started winding up, I couldn’t run out. All I could do was duck inside the wheel well, tuck into a ball and pull my vest up over my face.
It got so damned hot I couldn’t breathe, thought I was going to suffocate. It felt like a REALLY long time, but it couldn’t have been more than 10 seconds or so.
I remember as the JBD was coming down, the other guys walked over to me and gave me shit. They laughed at me, but I didn’t think it was funny at the time. I kind of do now, though...:)
Whew!
I guess behind is better than in front.