Alright... which FT'er was it?
Jun 4, 2009 | 6:09 am
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Alright... which FT'er was it?
UA 890, BKK-NRT, June 3rd, upper deck.
Deplaning, asked the FA if he could see the captain to make him aware of a supposed mis-calculation on the map screen (I believe).
Only an FT'er would care this much!
As an aside, at boarding, you found another pax mistakenly sitting in your seat who then sat next to me, behind you.
Deplaning, asked the FA if he could see the captain to make him aware of a supposed mis-calculation on the map screen (I believe).
Only an FT'er would care this much!
As an aside, at boarding, you found another pax mistakenly sitting in your seat who then sat next to me, behind you.
Jun 4, 2009 | 11:01 am
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UA 890, BKK-NRT, June 3rd, upper deck.
Deplaning, asked the FA if he could see the captain to make him aware of a supposed mis-calculation on the map screen (I believe).
Only an FT'er would care this much!
As an aside, at boarding, you found another pax mistakenly sitting in your seat who then sat next to me, behind you.
Deplaning, asked the FA if he could see the captain to make him aware of a supposed mis-calculation on the map screen (I believe).
Only an FT'er would care this much!
As an aside, at boarding, you found another pax mistakenly sitting in your seat who then sat next to me, behind you.
Jun 4, 2009 | 11:26 am
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What I don't understand is why the new systems are not consistent.
I was downstairs in the center section of 747 with two family members on a flight to SYD and all three of us had slightly (off by a few minutes) different "time remaining" displayed.
I was downstairs in the center section of 747 with two family members on a flight to SYD and all three of us had slightly (off by a few minutes) different "time remaining" displayed.
Jun 4, 2009 | 11:36 am
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The main reason for the difference is that each seat is its own computer. Found this out last week HKG to ORD. My system locked up and they rebooted it. Appeared to be a Linux operating system. Each seat is doing its on calc and if each computers clock is different this would be the result.
Jun 4, 2009 | 11:38 am
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Jun 4, 2009 | 11:42 am
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Every once in a while, I found the 'miles to destination' number a bit screwy. On approach, it would say something like 2,345 miles, obviously NOT the case. Couple other minor glitches like that too.
Jun 4, 2009 | 11:45 am
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We need a name for them, how about Belt Lice?
Jun 4, 2009 | 12:01 pm
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Jun 4, 2009 | 1:09 pm
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I was on SYD-SFO flight on Sunday, and the map was showing distance traveled as 0 mile, while distance to destination continued to count down. Maybe UA found a way to space warp
On a side note, I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Panasonic IFE system is Windows based. That might the the source of half of the problems we are seeing
On a side note, I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Panasonic IFE system is Windows based. That might the the source of half of the problems we are seeing
Jun 5, 2009 | 4:30 am
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Jun 5, 2009 | 6:45 am
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Ok, this seems to have wandered far from anything which is applicable to Communitybuzz! so I think it's time it got moved over to Travelbuzz. Please continue to follow the conversation over there.
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Jun 5, 2009 | 12:03 pm
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