Lifejackets on plane

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Must have been asked before..
Can I take my inflatable lifejacket on Ryanair?
What do people do when chartering and want to take their lifejacket with them?

Regards
Bob
 
Yes (I have taken lifejackets with gas bottles attached several times) but...

You should inform the airline first and you will probably have to show it at check in and then wait for a manager to come along and say its OK.

CAA says you can take them on board, Ryanair have said on one occassion that it had to go in hold luggage after being looked at at check in. However it is down to the airline, I think there was something on one of the Ryanair info pages about lifejackets.

Try and get something in writing, to show you have informed the airline prior to check in.
 
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Must have been asked before..
Can I take my inflatable lifejacket on Ryanair?
What do people do when chartering and want to take their lifejacket with them?

Regards
Bob

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I remove gas cylinder and carry in hand luggage.....not had a problem thus far (touch wood!)
 
We asked our daughter to bring some out to Portugal last year on an EasyJet flight from Liverpool to Faro. We suggested she asked at Check In if it was OK. Initially they said "no" but Jenny is very pursuasive and used the argument that every passenger on a plane has one under their seat so what was the difference.

After much discussion with supervisors etc they eventually found a statement in the EasyJet "what's allowed" manual which clearly showed it was OK to take them aboard. She did ask for a photocopy of the page for subsequent use (clever girl) but the request was refused.

They went, if I recall correctly, in hold bagge.

John
 
Get it in writing for both the outward and return journey. We went to Greece with Easyjet some time back; got the lifejackets to Greece without issue but they were not allowed on the plane for the return journey. Ground crew approached the pilot but he couldn't see a logo on the jackets label which certified them ok for flight so as far as he was concerned they were not coming on board.
 
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I remove gas cylinder and carry in hand luggage.....not had a problem thus far (touch wood!)


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Omigod! Please please don't do that! The reason they have to be put in the hold is because compressed gas bottles are potentially dangerous in the cabin!!! Scary too that security didn't spot it, in which case you'd have lost it.

The rules and regulations on dangerous goods are there as large as life on every airline's website. It only takes a little effort to find it...

But in general, yes, one LJ and one spare gas bottle per pax in HOLD BAGGAGE ONLY.

And remember that check-in staff seldom work for the airline, thay are contractors in uniform and may not be as familiar as thay should be with the regs.

If you want to carry a liferaft you'll have to empty the bottle and get it refilled at the other end. Inadvertent inflation of a raft in the hold could have the most serious concequences possible, so don't try to cheat...
 
From Ryanair web-site...under Travel Questions/Baggage

"Can I bring a self inflating lifejacket?

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A self inflating lifejacket with 2 carbon dioxide cylinders (plus 2 spares) can be included in either cabin or checked baggage."
 
Not true. I have in front of me a page from easyJet on dangerous goods. Non-flammable gas cylinder fitted to a ife jacket may be carried on ones person, in carry on baggage or in hold baggage. The approval of the operator is required, but the pilot does not need to be notified of its location. My wife is and eJ pilot, and gave me this after I had hassles with an LJ at Belfast.
 
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Omigod! Please please don't do that! The reason they have to be put in the hold is because compressed gas bottles are potentially dangerous in the cabin!!! Scary too that security didn't spot it, in which case you'd have lost it.

The rules and regulations on dangerous goods are there as large as life on every airline's website. It only takes a little effort to find it...

But in general, yes, one LJ and one spare gas bottle per pax in HOLD BAGGAGE ONLY.

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Please see the link I posted....I would add that the pressure of the compressed gas in the cylinder, and it's design parameters far outweigh the variance in pressure caused by a pressurised cabin.
 
Don't they provide lifejackets for passengers anymore?
Is the tail section still the safest place to be in the event of ditching, like in that Hitchcock film?
 
No where is safe, thats why they issue those stupid LJ's that would be usless in practice, come on, how the hell could one of those support anyone?
 
Best line on them, was a stewardess on a SouthWest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix, who gave us the comic version of the safety briefing, which included a piece about not inflating the lifejacket until outside the aircraft, to which she added, "There is not much sea between Los Angeles and Phoenix, but there are a lot of swimming pools".
 
Woops! Humble pie time - you are quite right. Just tell the airline about it and carry LJ and spare cannisters as stated. But do check that the airline you are flying with has the same rules - not all do, and none of the above applies in any way to the random interpretations that "security" choose to make on the day.

Cliff, Galadriel..


No, the tail is not the safest place. Research published within the last few weeks suggest that proximity to exits is a far more important factor, as is (surprise!) an aggressive attitude to getting out...after which Galadriel will doubtless drown happily having spurned the "stupid, useless" lifejacket provided for her survival...

Darwin is proved correct yet again...
 
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Ground crew approached the pilot but he couldn't see a logo on the jackets label which certified them ok for flight so as far as he was concerned they were not coming on board.

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hmm neither does my camera, watch, mp3 player etc etc

Since when has a lifejacket been flight critical?

oooh I hate pilots!
 
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