No more life vests for Jazz air carrier by Livia Cseresova

Life vest will no longer be a part of planes of Canada’s air carrier Jazz. The carries has decided to remove them to save fuel and weight.

According to the announcement of Jazz spokeswoman Manon Stuart from Thursday, the government regulations, which are set by Transport Canada, allow airlines the usage of floatation devices instead of life vests.

Now, instead of life vests, the passengers are directed by safety cards to use the seat cushions as floating devices. Stuart said that „the nature of our operations doesn't require that we carry both. “ Also, she said that Jazz is a transcontinental carrier and doesn’t really fly over the ocean much.

Stuart also claims that each flight of Jazz operates within 50 nautical miles offshore. Jazz apparently has 880 flights daily to 85 destinations in North America and just a small amount of them flies over water.

The most common aircraft of Jazz is Dash-8, which has 50 seats. Removing vests from it, each weighing approximately a half-kilogram (1.1 pound), would mean saving 25 kilograms (55 pounds).

Stuarts said that Transport Canada was satisfied that “we met the regulation, and they approved the change. “ Also, with the high costs of fuel, the airline is looking at every single thing.

On the other hand, they mayor of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Woody French, doesn’t like this at all and called it a cheap move. French tried to advocate a passenger bill of rights. He said “A lot of these airlines say 'Well, our passengers are our main concern.' That's a bit of a misnomer. We're a distant second. Profits are the first. “

French is ready to send a protest letter to transport minister of Canada, saying that the outcome of elimination of the life vests will be minimal fuel saving.

by Livia Cseresova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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