This article is great. Kudos to Alex for posting it. It seems like money does make the world go round... and stop it at the same time. People need to take responsibility for their own actions but as demonstrated time and time again they just get a slap on the wrist and told never to do it again.
Good lord! Anything "kawaii" will bound to make money. At least Japan has a profitable winning formula when it comes to making things cute and accessible. Good on them!
Since it's a regional carrier for Canada, the planes are mainly flying over land. In a way, it makes sense because an inflatable life vest would be pretty useless on land. At least the safety demonstration will be shorter.