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Old Nov 8, 2010, 11:09 pm
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Originally Posted by ACYYZ/SD
As per MOT requirements, lifevest demonstrations are a legal requirement for flights which travel more than 50 nautical miles from shore. Lifevest demos are permitted after take-off, but must take place prior to the over water segment of the flight.
i dont think we are critizing the adherence to the rule....rather we find the rule itself weird....

like the Sully incident.... cant figure out the vests because we were not advised might be a little problematic..... and many airports are near water bodies and some airports are at the edge of a lake or an ocean etc....

i still cannot figure out why if a plane travels within 50 nautical miles they dont need lifevests at all, instead a seat could be used as a flotation device...... seriously i want to see someone demonstrate at 40 nautical miles out in the Atlantic Ocean on a Noreaster holding to that flotation device for 2 hours while waiting for the coast guard

TC sure makes 50 nautical miles sound like a 50 meter swimming pool
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