What if I Can't Swim?

Air Canada Jazz, the regional feeder airline for Air Canada, has just announced that the Life Preservers will be removed from all flights as a weight saving move. This is, of course, another way of saving precious fuel. But what about the customer’s reaction? Well, an airline always treats their customers like non voting shareholders who pick up the tab for anything the airlines do. This is just another example of an airline doing something without due regard to how it will be received by the travelling public. The announcement was not thought out in regard to the reaction from the rule ignorant public being whipped into a frenzy by the headline hungry press!

It is now common knowledge from the on going press coverage that Life Preservers are not required on the Jazz flights due to the fact they are not over water for the required distance.

This is not the only savings in weight that is being carried out throughout the industry. There are changes in cutlery, magazines and even the amount of water on board to flush the toilets. One airline has changed the size of the wine bottles to save weight.

With the price of fuel, bad economy and the shrinking of people’s real wealth, the reductions in everything but the actual ticket price will continue.