Hello all,

The E75 and E90 still have two-prong headphone outlets and we always get an adapter with our headsets in J.

They charge $3 for headsets in Y now, but if you bring your own headset do they hand out a free adapter in Y?

Thanks!
=aw

Last month I received a free adapter from a flight attendant for my iPod earphones. I have kept it for future use in case they're not so generous in future.

I was flying in steerage.

From a recent booking confirmation email...


... you know, bring along your own headset... in order to... save the earth?

Doesn't that make sense? You ought to have seen the number of headsets that ended up destined for landfills at the end of our flights until we began charging for them on most routes. The idea when the disposable headset was introduced was that people would keep them to re-use on future flights. Few people did, so most headsets ended up in the trash bag. The $3 charge has definitely encouraged people to keep them, and waste has been drastically reduced.

Oddly enough, the few complaints about headsets no longer being free that I have heard on board have mostly come from people who had umpteen opportunities to keep the old, free ones, but didn't.

As far as I know, the adapters will remain free until they're no longer needed, i.e. when the Embraer and A-330 systems have been converted to single-prong jacks.

The adapters are definitely free if you bring your own headphones aboard. If you need them in combination with a pair of headphones from AC, you pay.

Thanks everyone!

=aw

I think that has more to do with the quality of the "free" headphones and not so much the fact you have to pay which is why more people are keeping them.

I think if they where charging $3 for the same headphones as before you would see similar re-use rates as when they where free.