Fri May 25, 2018 1:08 pm
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… or just get a helicopter with emergency pop-out floats. This SEP stuff sounds dangerous.
Dave W wrote:They will often invert after ditching
Waveflyer wrote:Worth mentioning that any life jacket without a crotch strap is lethal.
Waveflyer wrote:Worth mentioning that any life jacket without a crotch strap is lethal.
PeteSpencer wrote:Waveflyer wrote:Worth mentioning that any life jacket without a crotch strap is lethal.
Why exactly ?
morticiaskeeper wrote:Waveflyer wrote:Worth mentioning that any life jacket without a crotch strap is lethal.
Agreed. I've recently had to borrow buoyancy aids at a kayaking event because they wouldn't let us use our own! Being able to remove it over my not inconsiderable body and pull it over my head was very disconcerting.
RisePilot wrote:morticiaskeeper wrote:Waveflyer wrote:Worth mentioning that any life jacket without a crotch strap is lethal.
Agreed. I've recently had to borrow buoyancy aids at a kayaking event because they wouldn't let us use our own! Being able to remove it over my not inconsiderable body and pull it over my head was very disconcerting.
No closed loops (on lifevests or safetly lines) should ever be used in whitewater; that is distinctly dangerous.
defcribed wrote:I think I'd be thinking about whether I really wanted to do this.
Once you've executed a successful ditching:
- exiting the aircraft yourself is likely to be difficult
- getting out and getting the liferaft out is likely to be very difficult
- getting out and getting the liferaft out and then getting another person out who cannot help themselves, and who may actively hinder you, is likely to be very, very difficult to the point where you're more likely to fail than succeed.
Sorry to be so down on it all, but you've got to imagine how this will pan out in a real situation. Do you want to be leaning into the back seats in a sinking aircraft trying to extract a toddler who is tangled in the seatbelts and thrashing around, eventually having to make a decision about whether to leave your child and save your own life or go down with them?
My own over-water rule in an SEP is no passengers who cannot exit the aircraft quickly and unassisted.
Javed Rahman wrote:Thank you all for your suggestions. Very interesting to see the different points of view.
I have finally decided to go for this life jacket.