water landing.

I don't normally fly across country, but yesterday I did. I flew Delta, which was also maybe a first. Although I have traveled a lot, I just don't think I have had much occasion to fly Delta.

On Delta's preflight instructions, they said something I don't believe I have heard before, and I found it unsettling. It was a prerecorded video, and they said in the event of a water landing, most cushions on the plane make good floatation devices.

I don't remember hearing about too many plane crashes on the news that involved a successful water landing. By that I mean big planes that crash into the ocean where people actually survive. But, I am a survivor, I like to think that if my plane (that mostly only flew over the continental US) somehow crash landed in the ocean, I would live through it. I am tough and resourceful if nothing else. What pisses me off is, after making it through the crash, I could sink like a stone having grabbed one of the few cushions on board that doesn't make a good floatation device. Seriously Delta, either ALL the cushions need to be outstanding floatation devices, or the ones that don't need to be marked as such. In the event of a catastrophic disaster, I need to be able to tell quickly and easily without a doubt...Which freaking cushion floats!

Luckily, we landed safely on land. I am pretty sure I had one of the very few nonfloating cushions on my seat.