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Old Apr 29, 2019 | 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by Badenoch
I've never checked and don't care whether it's there. When I fly BA it is over the North Atlantic. My prospects of surviving a ditching are near zero. Hypothermia will get me before rescuers do. The only benefit of the life jacket therefore is facilitating recovery of my corpse.
If you are destined to die, which is "better " ....drowning or hypothermia ? I choose hypothermia...before you answer, simulate waterboarding in your bathtub !
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