<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by csb:
Also, there is a switch on their control panel that the FA's need to hit to activate the powerports. I found this out when my powerport wouldn't work and questioned the FA as to why. She went and double checked the switch and the power came on. </font>
I've had this happen to me too, but in this case, the outlets were actually marked "disconnected" ("not yet connected" might have been more accurate), and I could see, looking under the seat in front of me that there was no box under the seat to house the hardware needed for the outlet.
BTW, my flight back on Thursday, SFO to STL, #1570, also listed on etour as an M83, did have the power connected and operational. Does the M83 designation mean that this was also an old TWA plane, but one that was fully converted to AA? Is there some way to tell (before boarding the plane) whether an old TWA plane has been fully converted?