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Old Jun 10, 2016, 6:54 am
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 12:39 am
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Originally Posted by CMK10
DL CR7 RDU-LGA last weekend:

Was it like that at departure or break along the way. It's 100% illegal to have passenger in a seat at departure if it's broken. This isn't something that can just get deferred without an effect of not being able to use the seat.
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by flyerCO
Was it like that at departure or break along the way. It's 100% illegal to have passenger in a seat at departure if it's broken. This isn't something that can just get deferred without an effect of not being able to use the seat.
It was fine when we were on the ground, my girlfriend got up and went to the bathroom and came back to her seat to find this. I rang the call button and told the f/a that she had to write up a maintenance report for it. We were able to rig it up for landing so it was safe enough.
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by CMK10
It was fine when we were on the ground, my girlfriend got up and went to the bathroom and came back to her seat to find this. I rang the call button and told the f/a that she had to write up a maintenance report for it. We were able to rig it up for landing so it was safe enough.
Did the rig include duct tape, chewing gum or safety pins? Or was it more of a knot-tying exercise?
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 10:00 am
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Originally Posted by Howste
Did the rig include duct tape, chewing gum or safety pins? Or was it more of a knot-tying exercise?
The last part, we'd had too many Woodfords by then to McGuyver it
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 10:06 am
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Originally Posted by CMK10
The last part, we'd had too many Woodfords by then to McGuyver it
I suppose an alternative would be to add a seatbelt extender to your seat belt and connect it to hers for a double-wide seatbelt for two?
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Old Jun 17, 2016, 10:27 am
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Originally Posted by appleguru
And by 4:30am, confirmation from the JFK team that the armrest and overhead air filter (which I mistook for a light) had been fixed.

<5 hours from my email to the Maintenence team actually fixing the issue... Pretty impressive in my book! (And really cool that they kept me on copy to see the result).
This is very impressive actually. ^
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Old Jun 18, 2016, 5:35 pm
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F seat on a CRJ (forget which type) ORF-DTW earlier this week. Seat back pocket was completely torn, no safety card, magazine, etc. I figured this out when I tried to stash my water bottle and it hit the deck and took a trip back to economy.
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Old Jul 16, 2016, 6:18 am
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Yeah, Ok. Maybe it's time to retire the MD88s soon. Just about hit me on the head during landing (sitting in 1C).

The lavs were also having issues, similar to another recent MD88 flight.
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Old Jul 16, 2016, 6:20 am
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Yeah, Ok. Maybe it's time to retire the MD88s soon. Just about hit me on the head during landing (sitting in 1C).
That's the new "Seat Check" enhancement. To remind you to post your UG into TripIt before deplaning. The problem was that it wasn't your seat. You should've been bonked with 1C obviously.
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Old Jul 16, 2016, 12:09 pm
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Old Jul 16, 2016, 12:12 pm
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Old Dec 31, 2017, 2:42 pm
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N951DL, seat 2D.

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Old Dec 31, 2017, 8:22 pm
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How do I get one of dem FlyerTalk luggage tags? Do they come in colors reflecting my status? I bet the airline employees sharpen their act when they see a passenger with one
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Old Dec 31, 2017, 9:11 pm
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How do I get one of dem FlyerTalk luggage tags? Do they come in colors reflecting my status? I bet the airline employees sharpen their act when they see a passenger with one
I got mine here:

https://www.flyertalk.com/store/

related thread for spottings/missed connections:

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Old Feb 5, 2018, 12:41 pm
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