I was flying STL to SFO, flight #1995, last Saturday (8/2/03) in FC. The first thing I noticed as I took my seat was that there were no little lightning bolt symbols above the seats to indicate that there was power under the seats. But there were outlets, so I pulled out my laptop after takeoff and powered up. Then I realized the outlet wasn't working. I looked closer and it had a little sticker on it that said "disconnected." The seat next to mine had the same sticker.

This was an AA plane, not an old TWA plane, although the seats were different - blue leather headrests, as per usual, but multicolored cloth seats and seatbacks. Is this a new thing - the lack of working power outlets?