Configurable vehicle seat and method therefor

A method of making an adjustable vehicle seat, the method comprising:

• providing a seat frame;
• positioning a seat occupant in a recumbent position on a seat replicator;
• scanning an upper torso of the seat occupant and generating a solid body model of the upper torso based on the scanning of the upper torso;
• generating a conformal seat insert based on the solid body model of the upper torso so that the conformal seat insert includes a contoured support surface having a crew reference point corresponding to an acromial point of a shoulder of a seat occupant of the adjustable vehicle seat;
• and
• coupling the conformal seat insert to the seat frame in a predetermined position relative to the seat frame so that the crew reference point of the conformal seat insert forms a datum from which an eye position of the seat occupant is established relative to instrumentation of an aerospace vehicle in which the adjustable vehicle seat is located.