Number Clicker On Southwest Yoke?

[Delta3]

I got a chance to go into the cockpit of a Southwest 737-700 and there was a number clicker on the yoke, does anyone know what it could be? The number clicker had space for 3 digits and was on the right side of the yoke.

I asked the person I was with what it could be and they said it might be for the pilots to record wind direction or something.

 

[Cactus73]

I got a chance to go into the cockpit of a Southwest 737-700 and there was a number clicker on the yoke, does anyone know what it could be? The number clicker had space for 3 digits and was on the right side of the yoke.

I asked the person I was with what it could be and they said it might be for the pilots to record wind direction or something.

Most 737's have these. We use it for the flight number so you don't forget it.

 

[328dude]

Flight number

 

[Falconjet]

I believe that would be to put the flight number on so that they could remember it when they had to make a radio call. Not positive, could be wrong. Don't know if they actually use it that way or not, particularly with all the 4 digit flight numbers out there nowdays.

FJ

 

[jetexas]

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[Falconjet]

Wow, those guys are quick!

 

[Pickle]

On the 727 and early 737s (maybe 707s and 747s too, I dunno) those were the original altitude alerters, the first number only went as high as 4. Now, on the later 737s, it is used for flight number reminding, as all three numbers go to 9.

 

[Formula1]

I don't fly for Southwest but I do fly a 737 and yes the "number clicker" is to put your flight number in front of you so you can remember it when you are making a radio call.

I would like to be the guy that invented that thing- he is probably a
multi-bagillionaire. I would not get any of my radio calls right if I did not have that thing in front of me to help me remember my flight number.

 

[Delta3]

Thanks for the quick replies!

 

[SWA GUY]

I use it to grade the flight attendants, it only goes to nine which helps the F/A's keep from getting a swollen head.

 

[FL717]

We were told Boeing originally put them on the yokes of earlier other model Boeings for an Altitude reminder (i.e. 240 or 370 etc). They supposedly left them on the yokes even after true Altitude Alerters were installed.

Now they are used for Flight Numbers, Fuel Loads, Minimun Fuel for dispatch, Gross weight, and about 1,000,000 other things that only Pilots would ever think up.

 

[ferlo]

I thought SWA used them to keep track of how many legs they flew in a day.

 

[Jim Smyth]

Its for us old farts to help remember the flight number. Only problem is now there adding a forth digit onto our flights!

 

[Chest Rockwell]

Boeing calls it a memory device, I believe.

 

[SWA GUY]

Ferlo,

Sometimes when I'm really bored I use the "Memory Device" to record, in millions, what our full year profit was.

 

[juan2go]

Clicker on yoke.

Typically used as a memory device when operations calls us in flight to give us the "Pick 3" winning numbers. Boeing is considering a larger version for more traditional lottery games (five digits). A customer option will include a red "number clicker" for the Powerball winning number.

regards,

Juan