wrote in
:

On May 5, 10:06*pm, "NW_Pilot"
wrote:
Just recived a Phone call from a friend in Goosebay look like the
aviation

community have lost another pilot this weekend!!! more details later
as so
on
as it's confirmed.

Sorry to hear that. I suppose that even with a raft, ditching in the
North Atlantic has low survival rates.


The only thing that will get you out is a decent survival suit and an
ELT. You'd be lucky to be able to get into your raft. I know someone who
went in in the straights of Davis and he had a Pillsbury doughboy
immersion suit and survive 17 hours in the water, in winter with no
raft. The water was too rough for an aerial recovery and he got dropped
a raft by the Danes which he spent a further day in. He was OK, too. A
bit the worse for wear, and spent a couple days in hospital suffering
from exposure, but it was an amazing survival. He did one more and then
hung it up.



Bertie