Re: f Airline removes life vests to lighten planes

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 08:40:31AM -0500, Big R wrote:
> Stuart says all of Jazz's flights operate within 50 miles from shore.
> She says the airline operates 880 flights daily to 85 destinations in
> North America and says the number of flights that operate over water
> are minimal.
> [snip]
>
> ah hell, that's just a light morning swim, stop complaining.

To put this in perspective, especially with fall/winter approaching
in the northern hemisphere: the average person dropped into 50 F water
has a 50-50 chance of being able to swim 50 yards.  Even for skilled
swimmers in superb physical condition, the numbers aren't much better,
and they of course get dramatically worse as the water temperature drops.

---Rsk
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