Boeing right's a wrong: The flight attendant button

Re:Boeing right's a wrong: The flight attendant button by vivek47 on Thursday June 23, 2011 @05:20AM (#2687241)

I have always wondered why it doesn't work like this: Press the button once to call. Press it again to cancel the call (if it was pressed by mistake).

With a firmware update, this solution can even be retro-fitted to existing planes.

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Re:Boeing right's a wrong: The flight attendant button by MattLaroche on Thursday June 23, 2011 @10:10AM (#2687896)

On most planes I've flown on that is exactly how it works. The flight attendant comes by and presses it again when he gets to the row.

Some others have call and cancel buttons separately in either remote controls or armrest built controls.

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Re:Boeing right's a wrong: The flight attendant button by nodata on Thursday June 23, 2011 @05:35AM (#2687275)

They could also stick a red sticker around the press-to-call button to mark it as being different.

And to turn the light on you could push the light itself.

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Re:Boeing right's a wrong: The flight attendant button by Zakharov on Thursday June 23, 2011 @08:51AM (#2687637)

The last time I was on a plane, I remember there being a "cancel call attendant" near the "call attendant" button on the remote. I believe that was on a 747.

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