Originally Posted by
mickjoebill
..Who would have thought that seatbelts in passenger cars would be fitted with a simple device that fires an explosive charge to tighten the belt?
The helicopter version of a similar explosive thingy is $10,000+ USD a piece. If the operators are squealing about the price of OEM floats, they would be squealing even louder if every passenger seat had to be fitted with one of those. Besides, passengers really need to be in control of their own seat belt release in an underwater escape scenario.