Effective 1 Feb 20: shades must be open and outlet use ok for taxi, takeoff & landing
Jan 21, 2020, 7:05 pm
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Effective 1 Feb 20: shades must be open and outlet use ok for taxi, takeoff & landing
Title says it all, and both are long overdue IMO. Not sure if this is just new to UA or everyone.
New policy enforced today on two UA flights, although I’m told it isn’t effective until Feb 1. Only exception on outlet use is in emergency exit rows where there is concern about clutter by the exit.
New policy enforced today on two UA flights, although I’m told it isn’t effective until Feb 1. Only exception on outlet use is in emergency exit rows where there is concern about clutter by the exit.
Jan 21, 2020, 7:07 pm
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Title says it all, and both are long overdue IMO. Not sure if this is just new to UA or everyone.
New policy enforced today on two UA flights, although I’m told it isn’t effective until Feb 1. Only exception on outlet use is in emergency exit rows where there is concern about clutter by the exit.
New policy enforced today on two UA flights, although I’m told it isn’t effective until Feb 1. Only exception on outlet use is in emergency exit rows where there is concern about clutter by the exit.
Jan 21, 2020, 7:11 pm
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Jan 21, 2020, 7:20 pm
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Better late than never.
Jan 21, 2020, 7:21 pm
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As for the use of outlets, I can barely get my charger to stay in anyway - pretty sure anyone hitting the cord will yank it out of the outlet.
Jan 21, 2020, 7:23 pm
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Jan 21, 2020, 7:27 pm
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All three flights yesterday had the same announcements and on at least one of those flights the FA was reading directly from their device. So the new announcements are already loaded into the system.
I can't imagine UA would make a change regarding window shades without it being directed by the FAA? Does this mean AA, DL, WN, etc. all are making the change as well?
-RM
I can't imagine UA would make a change regarding window shades without it being directed by the FAA? Does this mean AA, DL, WN, etc. all are making the change as well?
-RM
Jan 21, 2020, 7:32 pm
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Seems obvious to me that in the case of an issue during takeoff or landing it's a lot better for people to be able to see out the window to help assess the situation if an evacuation is needed (e.g. the left side of the airplane is over water, but the right over land). In that situation waiting for the window pax to put their shades up while they're scrambling to get out seems like it won't happen.
As for the use of outlets, I can barely get my charger to stay in anyway - pretty sure anyone hitting the cord will yank it out of the outlet.
As for the use of outlets, I can barely get my charger to stay in anyway - pretty sure anyone hitting the cord will yank it out of the outlet.
Jan 21, 2020, 8:08 pm
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It'll be interesting to see how this plays at my home airport-VPS- a military airfield from which the local county leases X number of civilian sir slots per day and some land at the end fo the bigger runway for he civilian air terminal. There have been a few times over the years when we've actually been told to go shades down for takeoff or landing because the Air Force had something sitting out on the apron that, while not a Top Secret aircraft or other item, was something the DoD didn't want pictures of all over the internet of just yet.
Jan 21, 2020, 9:14 pm
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All of the airlines I've flown in recent years have had this requirement to open the shades.