USAirALB From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 2680 posts, RR: 1 Posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4231 times:
The title of the topic is really long, but I understand Supplemental Monitors add extra weight to the aircraft. The low-cost, pay for what you use business model of US made forced them to take all Tvs out of the narrow-body aircraft. Keeping this in mind and the extra cost of carrying the supplemental monitors, why did US install them?
Will the supplemental monitors allow them to do Airshow and a Safety Video?
DocLightning From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 16802 posts, RR: 57 Reply 1, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4181 times:
I wonder how the regs apply on the safety demo if a seat has a broken monitor. That pax. doesn't get a safety demo. Maybe it's to do with that? Just a wild guess, really...
USAirALB From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 2680 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4164 times:
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 1): I wonder how the regs apply on the safety demo if a seat has a broken monitor. That pax. doesn't get a safety demo. Maybe it's to do with that? Just a wild guess, really...
Nah, because they could still see it on the screen next to it, and the company 333 doesnt event do a safety video
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14310 posts, RR: 26 Reply 3, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 4057 times:
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 1): I wonder how the regs apply on the safety demo if a seat has a broken monitor. That pax. doesn't get a safety demo. Maybe it's to do with that? Just a wild guess, really...
I was sitting in the exit row of a DL 75E a couple of weeks ago and I went to get out the TV to watch the safety video and the FA said I should stow it and I didn't have to watch the video.
Why do Aerospace Engineering students have to turn things in on time?
EASTERN From United States of America, joined exactly 4 years ago today! , 84 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 4043 times:
Quoting USAirALB (Thread starter): Will the supplemental monitors allow them to do Airshow and a Safety Video?
I don't think they will be doing the safety video on the 332. They don't have one for the 333. I don't even remember seeing supplemental TVs on the 333, although I never thought to look for them.
They did the live safety demonstration on the 333 before they started doing the live demonstration on the narrow body fleet.
Ditzyboy From Australia, joined Feb 2008, 680 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 3791 times:
Quoting BMI727 (Reply 3): I was sitting in the exit row of a DL 75E a couple of weeks ago and I went to get out the TV to watch the safety video and the FA said I should stow it and I didn't have to watch the video.
Was there no bulkhead or over-aisle screen visible to you? Most airlines I am aware of position a flight attendant to do a live demo to the audio of the video whereever screens are not visible. I cannot think of an airline where this is not the case.
The flight attendant was right to have you keep the armrest PTV stowed.
Quoting USAirALB (Reply 2): Nah, because they could still see it on the screen next to it,
PTVs are designed to not to be viewed by passengers either side for comfort reasons. You would have to lean across to be able to view what is on the screen. It would be very awkward.
Airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6865 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 3590 times:
I know US uses the A333's on domestic routes (IIRC, SJU), but will they use the A332' s also on domestic routes? Domestic service tends to be even crappier than international service so maybe they won't even turn on the PTV's and just use the overhead TV's instead.
Etops1 From Puerto Rico, joined Nov 2005, 844 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3460 times:
Airways is using the A332 on the PHL-SJU route now. And the monitors on the bulkheads are used for the airmap and boarding video only on flts to TLV which I am working today for my first time .
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14310 posts, RR: 26 Reply 8, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3457 times:
Quoting Ditzyboy (Reply 5): Was there no bulkhead or over-aisle screen visible to you?
Nope it was all PTVs.
Quoting Ditzyboy (Reply 5): Most airlines I am aware of position a flight attendant to do a live demo to the audio of the video whereever screens are not visible.
All they did was point out the exits if I remember correctly.
Quoting Ditzyboy (Reply 5): The flight attendant was right to have you keep the armrest PTV stowed.
Yeah, but I figured I had to watch the video, especially since I was in an exit row. When I flew in CW on a BA 777, the FAs came through and opened up all of the TVs for the safety video and instructed us to stow them when it was over.
Quoting Ditzyboy (Reply 5): PTVs are designed to not to be viewed by passengers either side for comfort reasons.
I think that they have those filters on them so that they can only be viewed straight on.
Why do Aerospace Engineering students have to turn things in on time?
StarAlliance38 From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1445 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3446 times:
Quoting Airbazar (Reply 6): but will they use the A332' s also on domestic routes?
From what I heard, there is an A332 flying between PHL and CLT. Is this true? I've flown every US Airways mainline jet except for the 330.
USAirALB From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 2680 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3361 times:
Is the boarding video the one where it plays music and after the music, they go to a picture of a plane and it says “Welcome Aboard”, then there is an automated boarding announcement?
Etops1 From Puerto Rico, joined Nov 2005, 844 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 3267 times:
hey USAirALB, Yes the boarding video is the one your talknig about. and no ,there is no safety demo on board the new birds. A live safety demo is performed .
RafflesKing From Singapore, joined Mar 2007, 307 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 3212 times:
Quoting Ditzyboy (Reply 5): Was there no bulkhead or over-aisle screen visible to you? Most airlines I am aware of position a flight attendant to do a live demo to the audio of the video whereever screens are not visible. I cannot think of an airline where this is not the case.
No, I've flown Row 1 in F on VX 3 times, and never seen a flight attendant give the safety, though my IFE was tucked into the seat rest too.
DeltaRules From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3623 posts, RR: 11 Reply 13, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 3171 times:
At least they'll have an Airshow on one of the 330 variants now. That was the only thing I found missing that I would've liked with the US AVOD system.
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21025 posts, RR: 60 Reply 14, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2623 times:
Quoting RafflesKing (Reply 12): No, I've flown Row 1 in F on VX 3 times, and never seen a flight attendant give the safety, though my IFE was tucked into the seat rest too.
Yeah, I was really surprised by this, and wondered if it was legal. I could only hear the video when flying F, and of course got to watch it when flying Y on VX.
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