Originally Posted by
mickjoebill
Passengers took seat cushions when they realised they were on water.
Very few life vests taken and worn.
Just a speculative thought, but in UK all flights are 'overwater' so passengers are routinely briefed on the use of life vests.
In the US it would seem that many flights do not carry life vests and passengers are briefed to use seat cushions.
Is it possible that many of these passengers were regular internal US air passengers who were habitutated to the concept of a floation cushion rather than a life vest? In other words they recerted to pre-learnt knowledge and not the specific flight brief?