Thanks (again)
Getout and my reason for asking about the country's authority is because the carrier probably is who you think it is ...
I know that carrier cannot care less and I was only on them because someone else was paying for it and becasue, on this rare occasion, the airport was the closest to where we were visiting friends. I did not want to start yet another mud slinging thread about a carrier upon whom, I trust, I have had the very last flight ever.
I was unaware that that option was now installed on some a/c. This was a '738' and when I spoke to the FO + CPT afterwards, they made no mention of jackets being in the overheads.
So I shall consider sending two letters to the black hole of the authority and the carrier.
