There's a certain school of thought among engineers that if you can't prevent a tragedy, you might as well make it hilarious.

: I know the cockpit of a CH-54 towards the rear, pictured as a large window
: between the flight crew and the pod, housed the crew chief/loadmasters so
: they certainly had communications with the flight crew and troop leader
: back in the pod in some fashion.

Interesting. How widely was this troop pod used?