Originally Posted by Wexflyer
I took a standard home audio headset with me on a recent AA flight - only got sound in one ear. This reminded me that on many AA and UA flights with my Bose noise cancelling headsets I have to hold the plug "just so" in order to get proper audio. This makes me wonder -are the sockets on AA to a different standard than home electronics products?
Thanks
No, they are no different. You either had a bad socket/connection. I use my own headphones all the time and never had a problem.
Ironically, the only time I had a problem was when I used the AA's Bose headphones. The FA exchanged them and it was fine. All the other times they worked fine.