On a related note:
I saw an advert in one of the big GA magazines recently for some kind of super-duper deluxe life-jacket. The advert claimed that the normal life-jackets we wear every time we cross the Channel are not suitable. They're fine, the ad says, for stowing under the seat of an airliner. But as soon as you start wearing it (as we do every time we fly across the water), the outer skin begins to wear, and eventually becomes porous - leading to the life-jacket having little or no bouyancy should it need to be used.
I find this rather difficult to believe - someone would have sued the manufacturers of the normal life-jackets by now if they weren't suitable. But does anyone know of a case where they've had to use a life-jacket, especially a well-worn (but never actually "used") one? Did it function sufficiently well?
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