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Apr 30^th, 2012 at 10:40pm

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When flight attendants do the safety dance and they are showing how to use the life vests, are those live/working vests?

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Reply #1 - May 1^st, 2012 at 4:53am

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skoker wrote on Apr 30^th, 2012 at 10:40pm:

When flight attendants do the safety dance and they are showing how to use the life vests, are those live/working vests?

No they are demo vests and as such inert. It goes for the battery and lights too. It is a legal requirement that a life vest is vacuum packed in a rip-able plastic bag. Each vest has a a unique serial number linked to date of manufacture, next servicing date and time-ex date. One of the reasons for it being sealed, it is a very quick way of knowing whether it is serviceable or not. Bag intact, serial number visible and expiry date good, all is OK.

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Reply #2 - May 1^st, 2012 at 5:53pm

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Although it seems the seatbelt they use for the demonstration is actually the seat belt extender they have for "larger" people. I was actually on a flight where they used the 2 or 3 extenders for passengers, and did not have another to use for the demonstration.

Dave

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