From: "John Kurtzke" <kurtzke@xxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:18 PM <snip> > 2. The trips to and from the hub city to this city were on RJ 100's. This > is a plane that has the look of a military cargo plane with its high > sloping wings, but is a bit smaller. Nice wide seats -- better than the > other commuter, excuse me, regional jets. The curious thing was the > announcement during the safety briefing -- the first class passengers had > life jackets under their seats; in coach, we would have to use our seat > bottom cushions "in the unexpected event of a water landing" as most > airlines put it. > While the first class seats may be softer, that is no reason to think the life preservers are any more effective. Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html