Lifejackets on plane

Many thanks for all your contributions. I can always rely on this group for good answers!
It is Ryan Air I am flying so a good link to their web page, and good suggestions about printing copies!

Cheers

Bob
 
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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?

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They don't know, no-one has ever successfully ditched a jumbo in deep water.
 
Why not WEAR it and save putting its weight in your meager baggabe allowance? I always fly with a very small fishing spring balance - it's weight is worthwhile as I can always get to within 300 grams of maximum permissible!!
 
Its not the airlines, its the Security bods who call the shots! They are the stumbling block.
 
Alyssa said:
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."
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So a total of 4 cylinders; which by my reckoning is 1 for the jacket and 3 spares.

Seems to prove the Irish can't count.

Met an Irishman and I asked if he liked County Down? He replied "Yes; but it's not the same since Carol Vorderman left"
 
galadriel said:
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?
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Perfectly adequate. We have to inflate and use them in a pool during crew training. Very similar when inflated to the Crew Saver jackets on my boat, and supported me and my colleagues (some quite large) with no problems. Also had to put them on whilst in the water which is difficult. Really useful bit of free training / practice for a boat owner!!

Getting into the life rafts however, is a different story. Very, very difficult in a nice flat calm, warm, well lit swimming pool. I would NOT want to do it at night in a cold rolling ocean.
 
MASH said:
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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..
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Rubbish. Every seat has a life jacket under it. Email I had from Easyjet says 2 life jackets allowed plus 2 spare cylinders in CABIN LUGGAGE, .
 
I thought I'd give a couple of updates to this thread.
German Wings - Heathrow / Cologne / Corfu : No problem with 3 LJs and 6 cylinders at Heathrow but big turmoil in Cologne when the Budesgrenzschutz discovered 6 cylinders rather than the 4 I had told GW I would travel with. The two extra cylinders were removed and confiscated.
Norwegian Air - Gatwick / Corfu in September - Same situation but customer service have advised me that one 2 cylinders per person are allowed. So with two of us travelling together and the third travelling separately, they have advised one set in hold baggage per person and one set in cabin carry-on baggage.
British Airways - Corfu to Heathrow later in September - Impossible to get any answer from the customer call centre in India. I gave up after three days of trying and contacted the press office in Heathrow to discuss a readers letter I was about to send to YM on the subject. 10 minutes later I had permission in writing to travel with two cylinders per person and the quid pro quo was the letter never got sent. (Did I just cheat on that?)
 
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