Islander2
It appears I have made an invalid assumption. I had assumed that the 10 min flying time at cruse power applied to the life jacket requirement as well as the ELT issue. You have just mentioned “within gliding distance” which is a completely different can of worms. Is there a list of approved life jackets? Can we throw the guy who came up with this crap into the north sea to “test the system”.
My aircraft is out of gliding range for about 90 sec on the short crossing…
What is the penalty for using a non approved vest? I assume almost all the pilots who have visited France this year will have broken this rule, and if the penalty is a letter asking politely for me not to do it again…
Rod1