"Vassilii Khachaturov" wrote in message
P.P.S. Responses along the lines "you folks are paranoid, you'll only
be 15-25 minutes overwater without a shore you can glide to, so don't
take any flotation gear aboard" will be ignored.

Why? That would seem to be the most obvious solution to this dilemma you
are trying to put yourself in.

Not being a smartass, I really wanna know what your reasoning is.

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Jim Fisher