V-Flyer

So, sat in my suite last night from Boston on the A346 - all very nice, very new, very shiny and very quiet [y]

But, there was one thing bugging me : one of the lights.

The cabin is great - silver & purple everywhere, and the lighting is nice too. When the suites were launched, I remember especially liking the purple-ish "flood" lights that are along the edges of the windows.

Unfortunately, on the aircraft last night, there was one that had been replaced with a standard yellow/white flourescent tube by the look of it - and it ruined the whole look down the left hand side of the cabin.


Then, I got thinking, I've seen this on every aircraft I've been on (just noticed it more in the snooze area of the 346 when only 1 of them was "out"). Why, given that the cabin was obviiously designed with purple lighting, can't the maintenance guys replace them with the same when one (presumably) breaks? [V]


Am I just being picky? [:I][:?]

Paul

I've noticed that too, but I think some are supposed to be different colours. Either that are perhaps there are 2 sets of fluorescent tubes under the filters and maybe it's just the purple one that has gone.

Coloured tubes are bound to be more expensive than ordinary ones - another bean counting exercise maybe [:?]

Why not just colour the filters so then ordinary fluorescent tubes could be used all the time - on second thoughts this would reduce the number of available lightening effects though wouldnt it [:?]

LED is the way to go now anyway - any electrician will tell you that as they last longer, are cheaper to run and use less power. LED lighting technology has come on in leaps and bounds over the last few years. Aren't Boeing using them in some of their cabins now on the newer A/C.

Regards

Yeah, LEDs are used in all the new cars it seems.

I am almost sure but I belive that 1 on each side has to be a normal light for safety reason. I maybe wrong but thats what I have been told inthe past by engineers.