Yahoo Featured Headlines regarding travel myths!..Discuss

[USC328]

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There is an article written by Forbestraveler.com discussing 5 travel myths. 2 are directly related to aviation. Please read and I'd love to hear everyone's comments. I'm so frustrated with what the media feeds to the pax and what we and our FAs then have to deal with onboard the aircraft.

2 topics are:

Electronic devices:
Pretty much telling pax they will not be violating an FAR, but will get in trouble for interfering with a crewmember. I'd like you to reference 91.21.

Recirculated cabin air:
Telling pax it cost money, airlines elect to recirculate less air to save money.

Please read and discuss. I'm sure the "almighty" FI would have some good comments.

 

[11thHour]

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Recirculated cabin air:
Telling pax it cost money, airlines elect to recirculate less air to save money.

Please read and discuss. I'm sure the "almighty" FI would have some good comments.

I laughed when I saw that one. A while back, a deplaning passenger literally yelled up to us in the cockpit on the erj on his way out that we [naughty words] should be more concerned with passenger comfort than saving gas and should make sure to turn the A/C on next time. It surprised us both as the packs were working, and the F/A never mentioned temp problems, but on the erj it's usually warmer in back than in front near the door anyway. Well, he was clearly upset, and we just both looked at each other wondering where he got that idea that we were keeping the a/c off to save fuel.

Well, I guess if it's written on the internet, it must be true! Thanks yahoo!

 

[finnjl]

I have spent a lot of time in the back of the erj and it is very hot back there. Fortunately I was in uniform and asked the flight attendant to call up front and ask to turn the temp down. Do they ever tell you guys why it is so hot in the back of that plane during ground school?

It is interesting when you hear things from the media that you are somewhat an expert in and they are usually very wrong. Now, the things the media reports on that I am not an expert in I always wonder how inaccurate the information is. I usually assume they get it about 50% correct.

I do know for a fact blackberrys interfere with the radios pretty good.

 

[Alchemy]

The problem with the ERJ is that pack 1 is 80% responsible for the cockpit and 20% responsile for the cabin. Pack 2 is 100% dedicated to the cabin.

Since the F/A sits in her jumpseat right behind the cockpit he or she gets the 100% from pack 2 plus a good chunk of the cooling power of pack 1. They're always cold up there, so they jack up the temp and end up smothering the pax in the back if they don't know what they're doing.

The problem is worse during extended fight idle descents. I can only assume that the packs can't keep the cabin cool in these scenarios beecuse of a lack of bleed air. Sometimes I'll manually select full cold from the cockpit if I know I'm going to making an extended descent from the mid 30's at idle.

I'm no engineer though, and it really never has been explained to me by the traiing dept. Neither has the sweaty jock strap smell that permeates the cockpit on descents.

The ERJ has cabin temp indications in the cockpit but they're pretty unreliable. My best advice is to please tell the flight attendant whenever the temp gets uncomfortable and have him or her call the flight deck if they say they're already on full cold. I really appreciate it when the F/A tells us about any temperature problems. We are able to cool it down a good bit quicker than the F/A's controls alone.

 

[ifly4food]

The problem with the ERJ is that pack 1 is 80% responsible for the cockpit and 20% responsile for the cabin. Pack 2 is 100% dedicated to the cabin.

Since the F/A sits in her jumpseat right behind the cockpit he or she gets the 100% from pack 2 plus a good chunk of the cooling power of pack 1. They're always cold up there, so they jack up the temp and end up smothering the pax in the back if they don't know what they're doing.

Ironically (or not) this is same setup as the Brasilia had. The solution, of course, is to disable her control, but tell her she still "has it". This keeps everyone happy.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Since the F/A sits in her jumpseat right behind the cockpit he or she gets the 100% from pack 2 plus a good chunk of the cooling power of pack 1.

Well no wonder the pax are pi$$ed off! That F/A is getting more than 100% of her air! She's stealin' someone else's air!

Read it like "He hates these cans!"

On the Saab, I liked to run with one recirc off. It'd take it from Iron Maiden dB to Motorhead dB up in the cockpit.

 

[fly4surf]

I had a lady pass me a note while boarding stating a medical condition required a oxygen level similar to Denver and would I please not try to save money on THIS flight and keep the oxygen on!
It still makes me laugh years later.
How many times have planes crashed because everyone passed out due to the company saving money turning off the O2?
HA, Kills me!

 

[Max Q]

Who was the captain that had the "dummy" velcro/suction cup thermostat installed next to the F/A's jumpseat before she boarded?

"...and just to give you a heads up, the cabin t-stat was relocated to the F/A control panel so she's all yours."

-Brett

 

[Erlanger]

Yahoo Featured Headlines regarding travel myths!..Discuss

It really bugs me when someone posts something and they say, "Discuss". It's like pilots that say, "with you" on the radio. That's my pet peeve for the day...until tomorrow. Discuss!

 

[ifly4food]

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire... Discuss!