Airline says goodbye to safety

[C.Foo 3]

Airline removes life vests to lighten planes

 

 

With the rising costs of fuel, airlines are taking extreme measures to lose weight. Many companies in the States are persuading passengers to travel light by charging a fee for additional checked luggage. Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz is taking it one step further and removing life vests to lighten the load.

Safety cards now ask passengers to use their cushion as a flotation device in the event of an emergency. While their rationale makes sense, we'd rather see design improvements like Marc Newson's thinner seats for Qantas and maintain our illusion of safety for a little longer.

 

 

From http://www.core77.com/blog/archive/200808.asp

[Radzi 2]

Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz is taking it one step further and removing life vests to lighten the load.

Safety cards now ask passengers to use their cushion as a flotation device in the event of an emergency.

 

If the flight operates nowhere near open water then it could be permissible by the authorities. Otherwise it would be illegal.

[mohd sukri abd hamid 0]

safety plane is very important

[kaybin 0]

My personal thoughts, it sounds irrational.

 

I support the idea of removing the life vest just to reduce weight.

 

We rarely uses life vest. Some of the users could still die trapping inside the cabin during the flood anyway. Some died from hyperthermia, some died from hunger, some die from sharks.

 

In short, being landed at sea unattended for long hours doesn't yield good return either with or without life vest.