Fun sight on an ERJ today - exposed damage on armrest
Dec 14, 2019, 12:41 pm
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As long as you like the seat location, it’s tough to risk complaining and getting moved! I’ll assume that you’re in the “1” of a 1-2 configuration!!
Dec 14, 2019, 1:11 pm
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Dec 14, 2019, 1:23 pm
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How to get it fixed
The aircraft likely has a Cabin Maintenance Log (different than Aircraft Log Book that the cockpit crew uses).
Non flight worthiness items can be logged here by the cabin crew. (reading light inop, window shade won't go up/down, etc) When I see these things, I mention it so that it can get recorded. Acft Maint should be looking at these to clear items. Much more likely to get fixed.
Non flight worthiness items can be logged here by the cabin crew. (reading light inop, window shade won't go up/down, etc) When I see these things, I mention it so that it can get recorded. Acft Maint should be looking at these to clear items. Much more likely to get fixed.
Dec 14, 2019, 2:26 pm
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Let's please get back to the real point at hand -- the armrest damage. Word policing on FT is rare a useful activity.
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Last edited by WineCountryUA; Dec 14, 2019 at 2:32 pm
Dec 14, 2019, 3:15 pm
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I was pretty tired so I passed out from boarding until landing just now. Haven’t brought it up to FA.
The exposed grey stuff is just the plastic part of underside, thankfully not gum!
Indeed not an ERJ, my sleepy brain read “Embraer ERJ-175” and didn’t think further.
UPDATE: FA said they’d make a note of it. I didn’t make a stink
The exposed grey stuff is just the plastic part of underside, thankfully not gum!
Indeed not an ERJ, my sleepy brain read “Embraer ERJ-175” and didn’t think further.
UPDATE: FA said they’d make a note of it. I didn’t make a stink
Last edited by 839083c; Dec 14, 2019 at 3:34 pm
Dec 14, 2019, 5:12 pm
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Dec 14, 2019, 6:19 pm
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Yes, just report this to an FA and go forward. Stuff like this happens, and unless it’s an actual safety concern, not a big deal at all. Unless your of the, ‘while this isn’t a big deal, wonder if this indicates they aren’t paying to other safety-related stuff’.
thsi brings up two memories. One, some of the threads in the old PMUA forum, where, for example, people were taking UA to task for using the mis-painted nose cone (ie, nose cone from one branding scheme while plane was painted in another). The other is one flight I did have in an E45, where I got to my seat after boarding and realized the tray table wouldn’t stay up because that lock was broken. If I was being 100% safety minded, I suppose I would’ve brought it up before take off, but I knew that the proper response was going to be we couldn’t fly until it got fixed - as tray tables need to be up for take off. I and probably half the plane would have likely missed connections if maintenance needed to be brought on to fix. So I held it up until after take off, and when the FA came with the service, I let her know to file a report.
thsi brings up two memories. One, some of the threads in the old PMUA forum, where, for example, people were taking UA to task for using the mis-painted nose cone (ie, nose cone from one branding scheme while plane was painted in another). The other is one flight I did have in an E45, where I got to my seat after boarding and realized the tray table wouldn’t stay up because that lock was broken. If I was being 100% safety minded, I suppose I would’ve brought it up before take off, but I knew that the proper response was going to be we couldn’t fly until it got fixed - as tray tables need to be up for take off. I and probably half the plane would have likely missed connections if maintenance needed to be brought on to fix. So I held it up until after take off, and when the FA came with the service, I let her know to file a report.
Dec 15, 2019, 8:26 am
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The other is one flight I did have in an E45, where I got to my seat after boarding and realized the tray table wouldn’t stay up because that lock was broken. If I was being 100% safety minded, I suppose I would’ve brought it up before take off, but I knew that the proper response was going to be we couldn’t fly until it got fixed - as tray tables need to be up for take off. I and probably half the plane would have likely missed connections if maintenance needed to be brought on to fix. So I held it up until after take off, and when the FA came with the service, I let her know to file a report.
Dec 15, 2019, 8:53 am
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I was pretty tired so I passed out from boarding until landing just now. Haven’t brought it up to FA.
The exposed grey stuff is just the plastic part of underside, thankfully not gum!
Indeed not an ERJ, my sleepy brain read “Embraer ERJ-175” and didn’t think further.
UPDATE: FA said they’d make a note of it. I didn’t make a stink
The exposed grey stuff is just the plastic part of underside, thankfully not gum!
Indeed not an ERJ, my sleepy brain read “Embraer ERJ-175” and didn’t think further.
UPDATE: FA said they’d make a note of it. I didn’t make a stink
I believe the term 'ERJ' could be any of the Embraer jets (-145, -170, -175).