GB
Chief Eating Officer
Talk about stupid ways to save money.
50 miles from shore on a passenger airliner at altitude? You are, for all intents and purposes over land.
Anyway, this doesn't even tweak my radar. Chances are, if the plane is going down you aren't going to need that life vest anyway.
I bet you would if you were one of those couple of instances.Truth. I'll bet you can't find more than a couple instances in the last 20 years where life vests on a commercial aircraft were actually used.
I travel transcontinental all the time, and couldn't care less if there are life vests on board.
I disagree. When the plane goes down and lands in the middle of that water it really won't matter that you were at altitude.
50 miles out with a 3 year old girl and a 1 year old boy with me, neither of whom who can't swim, you had better believe that a life vest would mean more to me than a floating seat cushion.
Land yes, but it won't take that long to crash. If your plane is going down then it is going to drop to the ground in a lot less than 50 miles.GB, a plane at altitude will take more than 50 miles to land. Which is why I said that you are "for all purposes" over land.
I bet you would if you were one of those couple of instances.
. Chances are, if the plane is going down you aren't going to need that life vest anyway.
Land yes, but it won't take that long to crash. If your plane is going down then it is going to drop to the ground in a lot less than 50 miles.
Apples and oranges qmax. Winning the lottery is not a life or death situation. If you don't win the lottery then that sucks for you, but your life goes on. If you are in a plane that crashes into the water and you do not have a life vest then have fun checking out the bottom of the lake you just landed in.