Originally Posted by
Intrance
They are though. Excluding some lights that can be turned on or off from multiple locations, light switches throughout all the houses and apartments I have lived so far (also Western and Eastern Europe) have been down for on.
It's a bit of a silly thing to argue about though. The type that I fly has the basic logic that everything pointing forward means normal ops. "Down" is then usually reserved for AUTO instead of ON, but same difference. I thought the larger issue with switches regarding 737 MAX is that they (the cut-off switches) function in the opposite way from the 737 NG. Not really any point dragging in regular light switches if we are talking about a manufacturers cockpit philosophy.
Based on multiple replies about this, I stand corrected. I have to say I'm shocked, but, well, learning has occurred. I would have thought this to be as much as a universal as driving on the right ha.... wait!
The reason I'm going on about light switches in rooms (as it turns out, incorrectly) is exploring the pre-existing human factors universal (or not) scheme that that part of aircraft ergonomics is based on. So the up=on scheme is restricted in scope to aircraft, and excludes overhead panels. But to get back to where this branch of the discussion started, the MAX stab cutout switches aren't reversed from previous 737's. Their names are relabeled from "MAIN ELECT" and "AUTOPILOT" to "PRI" and "B/U" but they're all "NORMAL" up and "CUT OUT" down.
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