Please bring your Life Jackets and advice on taking a PFD on an airline
posted Dec 19, 2016, 2:42 PM by Martin Riddle [ updated Jan 20, 2017, 1:08 PM by Posts Editor]
Everyoneparticipating in the Raid on a small boat is required to wear an approved lifejacket (PFD). The Living Boat Trust has a few communal PFDs but not enough foreveryone. If you have a life jacket please it along. If you are flying to Hobart and your lifejacket is the type inflated with a CO2 cylinder you have to declare it to theairline ahead of time. You need to look up their Dangerous Goods pages on theweb and it will tell you what you have to do. You will probably be required to sendthem an email with your flight details and booking reference. For example (toQantas): “To: dgenquiries@qantas.com.au – I will be travelling from Melbourne to Hobart and return, carrying a PFD with a CO2 cartridge. This will be inchecked luggage. My booking reference is ABC123. Flight JQ123 28th Janand JQ456 20th Feb 2016. … “. The airline should respond with their approvaland advice on what to do when checking in. Don’t forget to contact all airlinesif you are using several carriers on separate tickets. |
