Air Canada To Remove Life Vests

In another effort to cut back costs on airlines, Air Canada Jazz has decided to remove life vests from their flights. Jazz hopes that by doing so, the airplanes will weigh less thus use less fuel. The seats on Jazz airlines can still be used as a flotation device in the case of a water landing; but there will no longer be any vests. 

According to Transport Canada regulations, any flight that is traveling roughly 56 miles from shore needs to carry a life preserver for each person on board, but anything less than that, the airlines have an option of life vests or flotation devices.  In order to make sure their flights were within the required distance, Jazz has re-routed some flights. 

The question now becomes how much further are airlines going to go to cut costs? Charging for a blanket and headphones is one thing, but removing life vests is a safety issue. Is that what the airline companies are getting to today, we'll charge you extra to be comfortable, but we really do not care much about your safety. What's next, will airlines remove the oxygen masks and fire extinguishers too?