Taking off with the fasten seat belt light OFF
Dec 12, 2006, 4:32 am
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Taking off with the fasten seat belt light OFF
Never had this before but on last nights 17:55 AMS-CPH flight we left the gate, taxied to the runway and took off with the seat belt sign light still switched off.
I'm thinking 3 points on the Captains license!
I'm thinking 3 points on the Captains license!
Dec 12, 2006, 8:20 am
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Well when I took Air China this summer it was the exact opposite.
Fasten seat belt sign stayed on during 3 hour flight and during an additional 5 hour diversion.
Nobody could care less.
Fasten seat belt sign stayed on during 3 hour flight and during an additional 5 hour diversion.
Nobody could care less.
Dec 12, 2006, 9:53 pm
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Back in the '80s I remember landing in Budapest on a Malev flight, and during the entire procedure one of the (male) flight attendants was STANDING at the open cockpit door, chatting with the pilots! Mind you, the "fasten seat belt" signs were on and all passengers were indeed sitting.
Dec 13, 2006, 6:42 am
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I recall my father telling me about a domestic flight he took in Pakistan in the 60s. The flight was sold out, but they offered to fly him for free on condition that he would not take a seat!
At the age of four or so I was on a very full flight. My dad was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, and I travelled in his lap.
Johan
At the age of four or so I was on a very full flight. My dad was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, and I travelled in his lap.
Johan
Dec 15, 2006, 10:13 pm
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I once had a domestic AC flight (YYZ-YVR IIRC) land with the fasten seatbelts sign off. After landing, the captain issued the standard "do not stand until the fasten seatbelts sign is off" message, and only then did they notice that the sign isn't on. They turned it on during taxi to the gate.
Dec 16, 2006, 10:41 am
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I recall my father telling me about a domestic flight he took in Pakistan in the 60s. The flight was sold out, but they offered to fly him for free on condition that he would not take a seat!
At the age of four or so I was on a very full flight. My dad was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, and I travelled in his lap.
Johan
At the age of four or so I was on a very full flight. My dad was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, and I travelled in his lap.
Johan
No problem! - just put up the armrests and get 4 pax into 3 seats. Seatbelts -paah!
On one occasion I witnessed the DC9 was so full they overflew Abidjan leaving intending pax on the ground and boarded pax with that destination with a day's delay.
The good old days
Dec 16, 2006, 12:51 pm
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The thing that really got me though was that even though the 2 flight crew had missed it why on earth did the cabin crew not notice it and ring the cockpit. Even if they missed it before we were ready for take off what were they doing after taking their seats, surely they should have noticed it then!
Dec 16, 2006, 11:27 pm
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Not exactly the same, but I once had a captain turn off the seat belt sign while the plane was still flying over the runway in full take-off configuration. Even more the F/A then came on the PA and announced (in an noticable surprised voice) that the captain had turned off the fasten seatbelt signs and that we now could move about the cabin. Yet nobody actually took that invitation for some time...;-)! Happened back in 2001 on a early morning KLM-flight FRA-AMS...
Greetings - Dirk
Greetings - Dirk