Judah wrote:
What I'd really like to know is, when exactly did they start putting floats
on airliners? ("... In the event of a Water Landing, your seat cushion may be
used as a floatation device...")

"Well, imagine that, my seat cusion!.... just what I need: to float
around the North Atlantic for several days, clinging to a pillow full
of beer farts" - George Carlin