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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.
Originally Posted by kmersh
(Post 28219188)
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. |
Originally Posted by danielonn
(Post 28219532)
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 ¼ of the time.) I agree with those posting about going to the galley instead. |
Originally Posted by oysterhead43
(Post 28219070)
But in the past, inflight service particularly on long haul flights was far more attentive. Now we have situations where passengers are left to their own devices for hours on end. Even in J and F.
So, the times they are a changing and so will I 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. |
Why do you think the button is there?
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exactly London Elite... to be pressed
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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.
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Originally Posted by scubadu
(Post 28219775)
Where in the world did you hear the FA call button is only for emergencies? :confused:
Aye carumba... I'm going to bite my tongue on the rest of my thought... Regards |
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.
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Originally Posted by LondonElite
(Post 28220001)
Why do you think the button is there?
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Originally Posted by oysterhead43
(Post 28219070)
The moment I feel abandoned or poorly serviced, rather than sit there annoyed, the call button is getting pushed. I literally will be pushier to get the service I desire. Why not!? Don't be high-maintenance. |
Originally Posted by audio-nut
(Post 28220347)
There are also ashtrays on many aircraft. Both are relics from a former era.
And they're about as useful as the call buttons. ;) |
Originally Posted by NYCommuter
(Post 28220364)
Come on. Just get out of your seat and walk up to the galley and ask politely. I am sure that you'd get a better result that way.
Don't be high-maintenance. |
Originally Posted by rjw242
(Post 28220372)
As far as I know aircraft still have ashtrays in the lavs. Even shiny new 787-9s.
And they're about as useful as the call buttons. ;) Not sure if that's a real regulation, but it seemed to make sense. |
Originally Posted by josmul123
(Post 28220409)
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. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0d1078ca64a5a |
Originally Posted by josmul123
(Post 28220409)
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. 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. |
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