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FlyLo airlines to install pay-as-you-go life jackets

by Scott Carmichael on Dec 27, 2010

Welcome to the future of pay as you go air travel. We’ve already seen paid luggage, paid carry-on’s and proposals for paid bathrooms, making concept of the pay-to-use life jacket a little bit less stupid. And yes – this is a spoof, but definitely a well made one!

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