Originally Posted by
jsonman
I use to have great luck if it was off having the FA ask and the captain would turn it right on saying "Opps he just forgot to hit the switch". Now the only answer I get is "He wants to leave it off".
I think next time I'm on an Airbus I am just going to ask them my self during boarding. See if I might get a different answer than the FA.
I'd bet on getting "it's broken"...
When I fly on a 757, I stow my bags and then walk up to the cockpit to ask about Channel 9. In the past, I'd usually get an enthusiastic response, and had one captain invite me in to check out the charts, etc..
Now-a-days, I get a stern "no" or "it's broken" or "we don't have it installed"
My last six flights have all had Channel 9 turned off..