FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
I was thinking if anyone would know, it would be you, Joe. I don't recall seeing any aircraft in the civilian world that had hot seats. Not that there aren't any, I have always seen them with the charges out.
Dealing with the "aviation Nazis" (you know who I'm talking about) especially out of VNY, it's just best not to even attempt to arm any kind of hot seat. Depending on what type of plane you're talking about it will be almost impossible to install cartridges that are not expired - that's how the Feds keep some war birds on the ground.