Originally Posted by
fumje
I've had some max flights on which apparently the pilot or flight attendants forgot to turn the power on until partway through the flight (not sure who is responsible for doing so). Then the outlets have no light until they're activated.
The only way we can turn off the power outlets in the cockpit is to turn off all IFE.
On most, if not all, 737s, the power outlets are disabled when the sterile cockpit light (blue) is on. That is from push-back through 10,000' and 10,000' through gate arrival.