Boeing Finally Redesigns FA Call Button
Jun 23, 2011, 5:19 pm
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Boeing Finally Redesigns FA Call Button
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The new interior design for Boeing's 737 passenger jet, the best-selling plane in aviation history, includes an innovation that is as radical as it is obvious: a flight attendant button that is situated well away from the reading light button and actually looks different from it.
When I clicked on the link I thought Boeing had done away with the FA call button entirely.
The new interior design for Boeing's 737 passenger jet, the best-selling plane in aviation history, includes an innovation that is as radical as it is obvious: a flight attendant button that is situated well away from the reading light button and actually looks different from it.
When I clicked on the link I thought Boeing had done away with the FA call button entirely.
Jun 23, 2011, 5:41 pm
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I'll bet there's no pictogram of a martini on a tray.
That would be for the benefit of the FAs who are "here primarily for your safety."
That would be for the benefit of the FAs who are "here primarily for your safety."
Jun 24, 2011, 1:55 pm
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When I clicked on the link I thought Boeing had done away with the FA call button entirely.
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When I clicked on the link I thought Boeing had done away with the FA call button entirely.
gotta wonder what people are thinking when they ding and ask:
Got binoculars?
Toothpicks?
Sewing kit?
Jun 26, 2011, 4:45 pm
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Actually, I can see new FA call button inside the entire A321. This is brand new aircraft. I flew on US Airways from LAS-PHX by last year. it was different a new cabin interiors.
Jun 28, 2011, 8:34 am
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Jun 30, 2011, 8:14 am
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That's what I thought.
I thought the same thing too. But spin works. 
Jun 30, 2011, 3:52 pm
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It's noticeably different (different colour, and different position) in both the Airbus interiors - just a lot more obvious in the new ones. EZY operate both, and it's rare for the wrong button to get pressed after the "turn your reading lights on, we're turning the cabin lights off" announcement on the Airbus compared with the Boeing.
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This is brand new cabin interiors and it looks so different reading lights, FA call button and turn the fan on, too. This is ship #541 and the ship#541 is delivered on December 9, 2009.
Jul 1, 2011, 5:48 am
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That's the new type, yes. Not normally lit up in flight - for some reason when the door is open on Airbuses the button is illuminated and flashes when pressed, while when the door is closed they aren't illuminated and just light up when pressed. I wonder if it's because the older Airbus design has the call button light showing the row number.
Was on a B737 last night, and it is not at all obvious on those.
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Was on a B737 last night, and it is not at all obvious on those.
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Jul 1, 2011, 12:56 pm
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I guess even minor, obvious changes must go through rigorous FAA certifications and testing, that it literally takes an act of God to make even the most minor changes.
Good change though.
Good change though.
