Original sentence: As the crew door was immediately forward of the front undercarriage, it was very important that bail-out was only attempted with the undercarriage retracted.The fact that the "rear crew" were not provided ejection seats has been the basis of significant criticism; there were several instances of the pilot and co-pilot ejecting in an emergency and the "rear crew" being killed because there was not time for them to bail out.The navigator plotter (navigator), navigator radar (bombardier) and AEO (electronic warfare officer) bailed out through the crew entrance door in the cockpit floor immediately ahead of the nosewheel, their parachutes opening automatically by static line
Edited sentence: As the crew door was immediately forward of the front undercarriage, it was very important that bale-out was only attempted with the undercarriage retracted.The fact that the "rear crew" were not provided ejection seats has been the basis of significant criticism; there were several instances of the pilot and co-pilot ejecting in an emergency and the "rear crew" being killed because there was not time for them to bale out.The navigator plotter (navigator), navigator radar (bombardier) and AEO (electronic warfare officer) baled out through the crew entrance door in the cockpit floor immediately ahead of the nosewheel, their parachutes opening automatically by static line