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Placement Of Exit Sign On DL 737-800

FLY777UAL From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4510 posts, RR: 3
Posted (13 years 10 months ago) and read 1329 times:

Why is the overwing 'EXIT' sign on this DL 737-800 off to one side of the cabin, v.s. being centered?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=16172 is the url.

FLY777UAL

fly777ual@hotmail.com

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DeltaShuttle From United States of America, joined May 1999, 319 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1329 times:

Here is the picture

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Photo © Barry Crawford

DeltaShuttle From United States of America, joined May 1999, 319 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1329 times:

Is it this way on other 737's? Other aircraft? Are the other exit signs this way?

FLY777UAL From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4510 posts, RR: 3
Reply 3, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1329 times:

I always remember them being centered...hmmm....

FLY777UAL

DeltaShuttle From United States of America, joined May 1999, 319 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1329 times:

North American's is also off-centered. Maybe Boeing alternates sides for exit signs(some on the left some on the right)? Kind of unlikely - you pretty much see the whole cabin in the picture.

DeltaShuttle From United States of America, joined May 1999, 319 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1329 times:

Actually, Boeing put them all off centered - I think. Look at this picture of North American's interior.

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Photo © Joe Pries

DeltaShuttle From United States of America, joined May 1999, 319 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1329 times:

Take a look at this picture of a Southwest interior - this is a 737-700.

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Photo © Joe Pries

Now look at the picture of the North American 737-800

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Photo © Joe Pries

Do you see those bumps or whatever they are coming down from the ceiling? Those aren't on the Southwest 737-700. It doesn' make sense for Boeing not to have signs on the other side(on the 800)!

Jet Setter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1331 times:

The "bumps or whatever" are centerline TV monitors, viewed from the front, of the type found on many 757s. If you look close at the North American photo you can see there's a screen directly next to the exit sign which is why it's off centre. But the Delta plane has the newer drop down screens on the underside of the overheads, so this shouldn't affect the placing of the exit placards. Maybe offset signs are standard on all 737s with IFE systems regardless of whether the screens are on the roof or under the overheads.

FLY777UAL From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4510 posts, RR: 3
Reply 8, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1329 times:

Yea...that's what I'm thinking now, too...maybe it's easier for Boeing to have them placed in only one certain place, so they don't have to move wires, etc when an airline opts for the TV monitors?!

FLY777UAL

JWM AirTrans From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (13 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1329 times:

That could be dangerous! Some passengers may think that the emergency exit is only on one side! Ouch. Very interesting topic though. On the AWA 737-300 I was just on, the exit placards were centered.

Jack M

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