Rudi

do YOU?

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doc

Never had a reason to yet!

Dr. PfP

If you never go on a plane you never need to use the call button!

E

Only once to help them make change, other than that I can usually take care of myself or flag an FA down as they pass.

dg1

Once in 150 flights when after I requested a drink the flight attendant still forgot to bring it to me. She apologized profusely so all was well

shadow

Can't ever remember using the call button...

Adman

I generally fly American, and God help you if you're trying to flag down a passing FA -- they're generally in the galley, gossiping, frequently even in first class.

So, yes, I use them -- all the time.

Catman

Well, not intentionally. A few times I have hit it by accident and felt embarassed about it later.

You know, these cat paws of mine are so unpredictable!

Karen2

Rarely - usually catch them on a run up the aisle. However, we were on a flight from Seoul to SFO where about 100 Korean middle and high school students were being escorted by only 2 or 3 adults. They must never have been on a plane. They all pushed the call buttons incessantly, jumped up and down on the seats, and refused to be belted in for take off and landing. On more than one occasion, the UA FA's had the Korean chaperone (!) get on the mike in Korean and chastise the kids, mostly to no avail. Made me think about how we all put our American kids down. I have flown with many an American teen sports team and never seen such behavior.

opus17

On a couple of occasions on United transoceanic business class -- I was thirsty (for water), the Flight attendants had disappeared (post meal sleepy time) and I was either trapped in a window seat or the seat belt light was on for a few hours...



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KatW

Rarely, but I have done so. Usually in biz or first where I don't think it's that out of line. Then again, usually in biz or first it's easy to flag down an FA.

travellight

I think the FA's don't like passengers to use the call button. Therefore, I usually don't use it.

johna

Occasionally. One that comes to mind is when my lover and I had been chatting with a (gay male) flight attendant during the flight. Towards the end of the flight we wanted to get his name to send a kudos letter to United, so we pressed the button. A female attendant came towards us from the front, but we heard him coming up from the back galley and telling her "It's for me!"

RichG

Gave up using the button a long time ago after I learned it is a waste of time unless you're in FC/BC.

jet

The only time I can recall using the call button was on January 2, 1999. UA882 was one of about twenty flights to land at O'Hare that day. It was one of the worst snowstorms in Chicago. The captain had "super channel 14" on, so I heard the ATIS coming in... "Caution heavy snow, caution blowing snow..." The plane landed beautifully on 14R in what must have been Cat. III conditions, and then we proceeded to taxi for about an hour. Half an hour of which we were stuck behind an LH jumbo which had become mired in a snow drift on the only taxiway we could take to the international terminal. I was about to explode, so I used to button to ask permission to get up and use the lavatory. After assuring the FA that I would be careful and try not to be an idiot, I managed to relieve myself...

I saw other people just getting up and going, but I hate it when people get up with the seat belt sign on, so I felt some need to justify it to myself...

Anyway, I'm sure this is more than you wanted to know...