Inflatable life-jackets — to be worn on flights of up to nine people — were to become mandatory Sept. 6, a date set in March 2019 when Transport Canada approved the measure. The industry regulator gave floatplane operators 18 months to come up with suitable reusable personal flotation devices (PFDs). "Nine months was chosen to allow ... suppliers to ramp up production," Transport Canada stated in a email to CBC News. 'There's no bad guy in the story'The floatplane industry resisted mandatory PFDs for passengers in the past. But another key TSB recommendation — that pop-out windows be retrofitted in the country's estimated 700 floatplanes— has never been implemented by Transport Canada.

Source: CBC News October 22, 2020 10:52 UTC