Gaelyne Gasson wrote in a message to David Read:

Hi Gaelyne

 DR> Hi Gaylene

 GG>  Gaelyne.

Dammn! macro stuck *again* :(.

 GG>> The other worry is when flying in USA over absolutely NO
 GG>> water at all,  they tell you that the seat can be used as
 GG>> floatation device.
 DR>
 DR> Ahhh...yes...that's to use between your bum and the ground when it
 DR> comes up and belts you.

 GG>  Yeah, like the seat isn't gonna disintegrate in midair like
 GG> the rest  of the plane.

I know I would blow it and the arse of my pants away with the sheer panic
of the situation :)

 DR> beacon attached as standard Bob .

 GG>  That should make Bob feel good.  

Just a radio beacon....not satellite....yet.

 DR> They apparently are not powered by water battery.

 GG>  Water battery??

Yeah, not a good description :)...the transponders fitted to some liferafts
have holes in them and do not transmit till they contact the water....

 DR> Dunno how far down the runway the SAR bird got back at Edinburgh
 DR> before they did a triangulation :)

 GG>  And then there was the strangulation.  

Plucked first .... ERK!

  David 
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