Bah, Life Vests. Who Needs Them?

This news is about three weeks old now, but I haven’t had time to post it before now.  The headline definitely caught my attention, but this time, instead of being outraged, all I could do was laugh hysterically.  I mean, at this point, what else can we do?  The airline industry has become the Circus of the Absurd.  My outrage is spent.  All I can do is shake my head at the insanity.

Airline Ditches Life Vests to Save on Fuel

According to Air Canada Jazz, they’re taking this measure to save money on fuel and “avoid redundancy”, since seat cushions float, too.  I love how some of the people commenting on the article are so cool about it, saying “Oh well, it’s okay, you wouldn’t survive the crash anyway.”  (There’s the power of positive thinking for you.)  Maybe you wouldn’t survive, but if you did, wouldn’t you want a life vest?  It would suck if you survived the crash and then drowned because you couldn’t hold onto the seat cushion with two broken arms.  Good luck with that.  I won’t be flying Air Canada Jazz any time soon, I can tell you.

In other airline news, United has bumped up their charge for the second checked bag to $50.  Whee.  More fun times in the airline industry.