I'm going to start using the FA call button. Why not?!
Apr 23, 2017 | 3:15 pm
#31
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Really?
I use it all the time and my main route the past 2 years has been DFW/JFK to GRU. In fact, after I've use it to request beverage refills the FA have come by more often asking if I needed anything else.
I used it a few times last Monday, the Flight Attendant actually offered me a wine tasting, we chatted for a few and she said... call me if you need anything else. She was wonderful I hope she is on my flight next week.
I use it all the time and my main route the past 2 years has been DFW/JFK to GRU. In fact, after I've use it to request beverage refills the FA have come by more often asking if I needed anything else.
I used it a few times last Monday, the Flight Attendant actually offered me a wine tasting, we chatted for a few and she said... call me if you need anything else. She was wonderful I hope she is on my flight next week.
I was flying DFW-GRU and I was actually told after pushing the Flight Attendant Call Button that it was exclusively for Emergencies ONLY and that otherwise I should wait patiently and that was in F.
So, since then I have avoided it like the plague and only contemplated using when an actual emergency occurred.
So, since then I have avoided it like the plague and only contemplated using when an actual emergency occurred.
Last edited by Radiant Flyer; Apr 23, 2017 at 3:37 pm
Apr 23, 2017 | 3:30 pm
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How about having an option on the Inflight Entertainment Screen to order a drink or snack and the light above is Blue but in an Emergency you either press the Red Button and the light flashes Red with three tones pause three tones etc. being heard in the galley. A double tone for non emergencies. ...
After 20+ years of flying Qantas domestically, I just call it the "ignore button". (To be fair, they do respond in a reasonably timely fashion about of the time.)
I agree with those posting about going to the galley instead.
Apr 23, 2017 | 3:35 pm
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On Norwegian a few weeks back, every time I ordered something through the IFE, it was delivered to my seat in under 60 seconds. Found it far preferable to sitting around for half the flight wondering when I'd get a drink.
Apr 23, 2017 | 5:11 pm
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I remember sitting in F - this happened a while ago - and the FAs for F and for Y were chatting in the front galley. Someone in Y pressed the call button. The FAs stopped mid-chat and one of them went: "Did someone just press the call button?" in a tone signifying indignation. Her friend who was responsible for Y responded in a snappy way: "Oh they better not have. What on earth is their problem?" before continuing their chat. The passenger a few minutes later physically walked up to the FAs to ask an admittedly dumb question but still, I half smh'ed, half lol'ed.
Apr 23, 2017 | 5:22 pm
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Apr 23, 2017 | 6:04 pm
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Call button is there to summon cabin crew for service when they aren't actively delivering it. There's a reason it has a picture of an FA holding a drink on a tray.
Apr 23, 2017 | 6:12 pm
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Don't be high-maintenance.
Apr 23, 2017 | 6:16 pm
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Apr 23, 2017 | 6:26 pm
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With a food tray on top of you, the seat in lounging position (J cabin), sometimes it is impossible to even get out of the seat.
Apr 23, 2017 | 6:29 pm
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Not sure if that's a real regulation, but it seemed to make sense.
Apr 23, 2017 | 6:42 pm
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Not to derail too far, but I once asked a FA about the ashtrays in the lavatory. They said they're required to have a "safe place to extinguish a cigarette in the event a passenger decides to light one up."
Not sure if that's a real regulation, but it seemed to make sense.
Not sure if that's a real regulation, but it seemed to make sense.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0d1078ca64a5a
Apr 23, 2017 | 6:44 pm
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Not to derail too far, but I once asked a FA about the ashtrays in the lavatory. They said they're required to have a "safe place to extinguish a cigarette in the event a passenger decides to light one up."
Not sure if that's a real regulation, but it seemed to make sense.
Not sure if that's a real regulation, but it seemed to make sense.
The ashtrays are installed because even though it's illegal to smoke in the lav, if someone does, it's preferred that they use the ashtray rather than the trash bin. Fire hazard.