Read the title of this post again – sort of a no-brainer, isn’t it?

It seems American Airlines recently discovered that, when its Boeing 767-300 planes are full (236 people, passengers and crew) – there’s not enough room in the life rafts for everyone.

There’s only room for 228. This was determined, according to reports, during a “routine audit”. But from now on (or until they get bigger life rafts), the airline is going to restrict the total number of passengers and crew to – 228.

Good call! Especially since the 767′s owned by American (they have 58 of them) often fly across the Atlantic.

However an American spokesman said, there was never any reason to worry, because passengers were never in danger: “In addition to the life rafts, all passengers and crew on these aircraft also have access to two different flotation devices,” said the spokesman.

One of those “flotation devices” wouldn’t happen to be a seat cushion would it? I can just picture myself now, hanging onto that seat for all I’m worth as I bob along aimlessly, somewhere in the Atlantic…