Infant life vests will stay on board, and in case of an emergency landing on water, passengers will now rely solely on seat cushions as flotation devices.

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Maybe our parents who escaped war and poverty never expected that later in the journey, we would need emotional availability and a sense of humor as flotation devices.

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On that same note ski rope is never removed from leisure craft, you will never find anyone who has done so, its akin to removing the flotation devices and placing them in the garage.

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As a spokeswoman says, its 885 daily flights all operate within 50 nautical miles from the North American shore which means Transport Canada and Federal Aviation Administration regulations do not require it to carry both flotation devices.

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