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Apr 30, 2017 | 9:27 pm

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Originally Posted by JOSECONLSCREW28

I had a feeling the sub UA 752s would be sticking around longer based on the fuel tank mod announcement and that they are installing the orange warning straps/flags found on sub CO 757s and all 737 aircraft (what we place over the viewing window on the door when we arm the slide) on the sub UA 752s.

I always thought those were kind of redundant on the 757 because of the knuckle-knocker and since the door will disarm if opened from outside. With that said, the 757 is not immune to accidental slide deployment, so anything to prevent that makes sense, especially something as cheap as the orange strap. Will the sUA PA script be updated to ask flight attendants to "verify straps" before all-call?

Now that NGS is coming, I suspect the scimitar winglet caps on the 757-222s won't be far behind.

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