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Well his career as a fighter pilot is over, if my uncle's story is to be trusted. My uncle, to be honest I don't remember his rank at the time, was flying around Karachi when the engine of his Mirage III caught fire. He was advised by the tower to eject, which he did. No fault of his own was ever ascertained but he was quietly removed from his squadron and given the option of joining the ground staff or the transport wing. Transport was the way he went, flew C-130s for a while, then flew Benazir and Nawaz around, then came back to his C-130s, then was something in the "Pakistan Squash something something", then retired as an Air Commodore and is now serving in Air Blue.
Don't know if his crash was the reason behind his move or that he just got scared.
It must be medical reasons. The G force on ejection invariably leave tell tale marks on the spine of a pilot. This causes concerns.
Such pilots are given options to fly transports or if medically permissible helicopters.
Air forces do not have the luxury to ease off a pilot after a crash - a great deal of time, money & energy is used to train a pilot.