by Gilbert B Norman
Mr. Pennsy, from my eight Brightline joyrides to date (didn't do one this year; "old hat") in both Classes, I cannot recall tray tables secured by magnets.
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Pensyfan19 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:52 pm First lead in the sinkwater, now this! Do the Brightline Ventures have this problem (or any problems with the Ventures in general)? Any reasons as to why the Brightline Ventures have fewer problems than the Amtrak coaches overall?I now wonder what the Brightline contract for the Venture cars says VS the Amtrak contract. I would not be surprised if the Brightline contract is very specific while Amtrak is a bit looser in terms of what is built.
eolesen wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 6:14 pm I don't think a magnet will erase a SSD... but yeah, there are magnet switches in the lids of Apple tablets and many laptops...Moving electronics through a magnetic field will induce an electrical current, so if your laptop is open and gets moved in any way with a sufficiently powerful magnet, it's going to glitch and blue-screen.
Bob Roberts wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:31 amOff topic: it remains annoying (but largely trivial) that Amtrak can’t manage to have a consistent set of policies in place nationwide. Business class in midwest appears to mean you get ONE free drink per trip while BC (on the Carolinian anyway) means all the tea / coffee / soft drinks you want.And on my one trip on Acela in Business, we had to pay for soft drinks...