Air resistance that affects jets and people

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I wanted to ask. Since jets fly at great speed, often even supersonic, I'm curious about next things:
1) What is the relation between air resistance force and energy?
2) How does all that force resistance affect a pilot?
3) What protection do they have, if any?
4) And purely speculative quesion -- what would happen to a pilot going with the same supersonic speed, but without the jet?

Thanks in advance.
 
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GCAD102 said:
1) What is the relation between air resistance force and energy?
##F_{res}=F_{engine}-F_{air\ resistance}##
##\frac{\partial E_{energy\ used\ by\ engines}}{\partial t}=F_{engine} \cdot v_{plane}##
if plane flys with constant speed, then ##\frac{\partial E_{energy\ used\ by\ engines}}{\partial t}=F_{air\ resistance} \cdot v_{plane}##

GCAD102 said:
2) How does all that force resistance affect a pilot?
He has to give more throttle to get same acceleration.

GCAD102 said:
3) What protection do they have, if any?
if it is not open aircraft, then air resistance force does not directly act on pilot.