Timeline for How do airlines ensure each passenger has a life jacket before a flight?
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| Aug 4, 2016 at 9:18 | comment | added | Chro | @Richard as I said in my answer not every region (e.g. Europe) requires a life jacket check for every single flight but rather, say, once a week (or less frequent). I guess this is due to the large amount of time needed to do a thorough check. Therefore if some numbnut takes one as a souvenir it might not be caught until later. | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 20:32 | comment | added | Richard | @Dan - A quick google would suggest that it's relatively common to find one missing. | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 20:17 | comment | added | Dan | @Richard I've never met a pilot / flight crew who didn't perform pre-flight "to the T" before every flight. I'm sure there are some, but the consequences of "just ticking the box" are literally life-and-death for almost every tick-box. | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 18:16 | comment | added | Richard | But do they actually check? Or is it just part of the procedure and a tick-box? | |
| Aug 2, 2016 at 11:50 | history | answered | aeroalias | CC BY-SA 3.0 |