Ic holder boeing 737

[graziani]

any consideration regarding it ? is it Boeing approved ?? any electronic consequence to stay forced in that position , ?? tks for your opinion and sharing knowledge about it

[rudestuff]

It's not permanently attached, and it beats an elastic band I suppose.

[graziani]

Originally Posted by rudestuff

It's not permanently attached, and it beats an elastic band I suppose.

the problem is that the intercom is active during all flight.....is it correct? Any possibile problem?

[Flying Wild]

Originally Posted by graziani

the problem is that the intercom is active during all flight.....is it correct? Any possibile problem?

Apart from completely defeating the point of having a noise cancelling headset in a noisy flight deck?
If you want to chat, latch the yoke switch. No talking, no intercom.

[B2N2]

Originally Posted by graziani

the problem is that the intercom is active during all flight.....is it correct? Any possibile problem?

If Boeing cares it would be a limitation Intercom for intermittent use only.

If your regulating Authority is anything like the FAA they’ll get a stroke if they see it though.
If the aircraft doesn’t have a joke switch I’ve always used a rubber band.
Flying long haul.

If I recall correctly there was an enterprising SouthWest pilot who sold similar gizmo’s on EBay and the FAA went after him.

[Winemaker]

To lessen brain strain...

[Speed_Trim_Fail]

Originally Posted by Flying Wild

Apart from completely defeating the point of having a noise cancelling headset in a noisy flight deck?
If you want to chat, latch the yoke switch. No talking, no intercom.

Not every control wheel has working latches.

[HOVIS]

What happens when you need to use the RT... in a hurry?

[STBYRUD]

Originally Posted by HOVIS

What happens when you need to use the RT... in a hurry?

Still works perfectly fine with the ACP switch in INT via the yoke or the (hopefully installed) glareshield button.

[Vessbot]

Just print it out of gray plastic instead, innit

[HOVIS]

Originally Posted by STBYRUD

Still works perfectly fine with the ACP switch in INT via the yoke or the (hopefully installed) glareshield button.

I see. I assumed the reason there's one switch for both INT and RT is that it was a case of either/or not both.
I still don't understand why there is a need for this gizmo though.

[B2N2]

Originally Posted by HOVIS

I see. I assumed the reason there's one switch for both INT and RT is that it was a case of either/or not both.
I still don't understand why there is a need for this gizmo though.

So during critical phases of flight you don’t need to look away and fiddle with switches to talk to the other dude or dudette.
At my previous employer I flew -300’s and -400’s and we had as many different audio panel setups as we had tail numbers.
Rubber bands to the rescue.
’Captain, would you care for a used rubber’

[Speed_Trim_Fail]

Originally Posted by B2N2

So during critical phases of flight you don’t need to look away and fiddle with switches to talk to the other dude or dudette.
At my previous employer I flew -300’s and -400’s and we had as many different audio panel setups as we had tail numbers.
Rubber bands to the rescue.
’Captain, would you care for a used rubber’

Absolutely - and on the old non EFIS 737s if the interphone switch was latched then the control wheel RT switch wouldn’t work - a rubber band worked marvellously there, as it enabled momentary use of RT then back to interphone although of course the RMP was outboard.

I am perhaps showing my age, but there was of course the classic Boeing setup of a telex headset with only one earpiece on, which garuantees hearing problems in later life.