Contemporary rules preclude many essential items on our persons. Even baggage is subject to scrutiny. A lifejacket cannot come aboard with a charging bottle, in spite of every onboard lifejacket possessing one <img src="images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> So, we have two options; post the unit ahead of us for pickup and hope for the best, and stow gear in cargo and again hope we have access. Will we?The famous crash in the Andes and subsequent sensationalized cannibalism demonstrates that crashes still occur with survivors and long term survival needs. Times change, and so may the rules. I reminisce longingly of the Stewardess ( flight attendant) of WIEN AIR walking up to the pilot's cabin with my .375H&H for the flight from Kodiak to Anchorage <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />