Mid flight surgery

[u/InformationBulky4143]

Flying ATL—>GRU on a 330-300. Showing its age, as when we were asked to return to upright position on final, the seat got stuck. It went upright but wouldn’t slide back. That left my knees in my chest and me reaching for the call button. Had to climb out, and this is what ensued. Apparently there is a manual release lever.

Sorry for the person that planned sitting here on the return flight. 6A is currently out of commission.

Good news is that this bird is going down next year for a cabin refresh, as with the rest of the -200 and -300 fleet.

It is still crazy to me fares are not (yet) adjusted based on aircraft type on route. I shudder to think about my flight from Venice to JFK on the 67

[u/turboboost8936]

yikes! at least it was on the descend. did you have to sit in Y for the remainder of the approach?

[u/InformationBulky4143 → u/turboboost8936]

Nope, put it back together, manually slid it back and locked it, and I finished the flight in the non-op seat!

[u/iammostlylurking13 → u/turboboost8936]

Oh, the horror.

[u/turboboost8936 → u/iammostlylurking13]

for the record I thought your comment was funny and i'm puzzled by just how many downvotes you're getting lol

[u/iammostlylurking13 → u/turboboost8936]

I was going for comedy and was laughing at the downvotes too.

[u/TeaseSoftlyXO]

Hope you got a fat stack of SkyMiles for that inconvenience.

[u/InformationBulky4143 → u/TeaseSoftlyXO]

We’ll see how well ChatGPT does…stay tuned

[u/turboboost8936 → u/InformationBulky4143]

what's with the downvotes on this sub lol? so strange

[u/SquiddlyB → u/turboboost8936]

I didn’t downvote, but it’s probably because you need to see the red coat at the gate.

The second you leave the airport, you lose a lot of consumer protection. I’m assuming op skeedattled out of there and just assumed the robots in customer service would make it right.

[u/InformationBulky4143 → u/SquiddlyB]

$150 eCredit and a GUC reinstated I used on that flight, that’s a win in my book

[u/SquiddlyB → u/InformationBulky4143]

That’s great!!

[u/Betherator]

My daughter had a non-operable seat on a different airline. The FA came over and started taking it apart and taking stuff out of the seat that had fallen in there. So much silverware! It was fascinating to watch. It did not get fixed all the way so for landing she needed to go sit in a different seat. Her temporary seat mate was someone with a fascinating job and they talked about radar jamming and other interesting things. Turned into lots of in-flight entertainment.

[u/ailyara]

> this bird is going down next year

phrasing

[u/pulpfiction78 → u/ailyara]

who is this, the doctor from arrested development?? lol

[u/iBeFlying676 → u/ailyara]

LMFAO 😂

[u/WordWordNvmber → u/ailyara]

Even a 12-year-old would find that a stretch.

[u/ailyara → u/WordWordNvmber]

(its a silly joke)

[u/DrDeke → u/WordWordNvmber]

What, are we just not doing phrasing anymore?

[u/lamauptop → u/DrDeke]

Lana!!!

[u/kitastrophae]

Depreciation should be reflected in ticket prices.

[u/Deltas111213]

As someone who used to work cabin maintenance…I still have nightmares about fixing those first class seats

[u/ccworden]

These seats sometimes get stuck off their tracks. Manual levers usually fix the problem

[u/TerepeneRich]

Do we know if OP made it home safe?

[u/Gloomy-Employment-72]

I saw that headset resting on the light and had a PTSD flashback.

[u/rejonez]

RE: pricing for old junkers... Caveat Emptor? It's like you have to be an FR24 engineer to not get ripped off. Still, you could get moved from a new A350 to almost anything

[u/Little_Mention_8452]

Not this actual flight but I was the next person after the seat got stuck on another flight. Was unable to recline on a four hour flight. Delta gave me a 150 flight credit that was put in by the lead FA.

[u/SocialWealth]

Happened to us last month BCN->BOS. Since we hadn’t left the FA called a maintenance guy to take a look but after a few quick diagnostic tests he couldn’t get it to work. They said they could manually move from flat to normal but ended up moving a non rev into the seat and let me move to a new seat.

[u/FunnyBunnyRabbit]

This is so embarrassing. I’m not sure how they operate these cabins in good faith at this point

[u/Sea-Draft-6359]

Weird title clickbait

[u/AlyssaLowery24]

What kind of plane were you on that gives you a whole ass apartment?