Overhead reading lights not working on new 788s in J
Apr 6, 2024, 2:16 pm
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Overhead reading lights not working on new 788s in J
Traveled on two different 788s in TATL J. Both planes only 2 years old and both had inop overhead reading lights across the cabin. Anyone else experience this?
Apr 6, 2024, 3:20 pm
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Apr 6, 2024, 10:54 pm
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The way the media has been dumping on Boeing lately, this should be headline news any day now! " Widespread Electrical issues affecting all..." or some crazy BS
as a Mechanic, I would think the reading lights on the aircraft would be one of the simpler systems to diagnose and repair.
as a Mechanic, I would think the reading lights on the aircraft would be one of the simpler systems to diagnose and repair.
Apr 7, 2024, 10:55 am
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That was my assumption the last time I flew one of these. Perhaps because the overhead lights would be more likely to disturb other pax on an overnight flight. IMO the shoulder light is OK for eating and finding things around the seat but the overhead light does a better job for reading. Assuming it is aimed correctly, which it sometimes is not.
Apr 7, 2024, 12:47 pm
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The way the media has been dumping on Boeing lately, this should be headline news any day now! " Widespread Electrical issues affecting all..." or some crazy BS
as a Mechanic, I would think the reading lights on the aircraft would be one of the simpler systems to diagnose and repair.
as a Mechanic, I would think the reading lights on the aircraft would be one of the simpler systems to diagnose and repair.
Apr 7, 2024, 5:45 pm
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I agree with your sentiment - the press loves a catchy headline (even when not true).
Apr 7, 2024, 6:00 pm
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Not saying that you're not correct, but this has not been the modus operandi by AA thus far.
Apr 8, 2024, 12:27 am
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The way the media has been dumping on Boeing lately, this should be headline news any day now! " Widespread Electrical issues affecting all..." or some crazy BS
as a Mechanic, I would think the reading lights on the aircraft would be one of the simpler systems to diagnose and repair.
as a Mechanic, I would think the reading lights on the aircraft would be one of the simpler systems to diagnose and repair.
Apr 8, 2024, 8:33 am
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.but since that door plug failed, anytime they can put Boeing in the title of a story they run with it,and most of it is Maintenance issues/or just component failures not Boeing Issues
Apr 8, 2024, 11:10 am
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Don’t have knowledge of any carrier ever disabling overhead reading lights as a standard practice. Assuming it’s a software glitch AA has decided it’s not interested in debugging. At least these new aircraft have center seat dividers.
Apr 8, 2024, 11:43 am
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I only have one longhaul trip on an AA 787, and that on the 789, but I remember some quirk with regard to the overhead light. It worked, but the controls were not intuitive in some way I can't clearly recall. IIRC, one of the controls at or around the seat worked, but the other(s?) did not. I want to say the seat control did not, but the IFE control did, but -again- don't quote me on that, it's quite fuzzy.