I think the Southwest FA's accidentally activated Christmas mode on this 737 Max 8 in April.

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PLS-Surveyor-US@reddit

I'd be the guy in the back belting out a really bad rendition of Roxanne by the police ;-)

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Blueberry_Mancakes@reddit

Red alert. Shields up! Klingon vessel decloaking off our starboard.

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Global_Traveler_2060@reddit

Haha! This is exactly what I was thinking. Or, the Borg are approaching. Prepare to be assimilated! 🧊

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RadosAvocados@reddit

American put these lights on coming home from Europe, about the same time we crossed into Maine.

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JosedeNueces@reddit

Air France puts their lights into French mode

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JaaacckONeill@reddit

Red light illuminates more fully, while also being easier on the eyes. A lot of older analogue GA planes use red lights for the dash at night.

This is likely intentional.

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Positive-Hat2127@reddit

I doubt this is intentional. See the green lights by the emergency exits? I'd say some data connection in one of the lights has been messed up, or software corruption or something.

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SwissMargiela@reddit

Nah they do colored lights on a bunch of flights now

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I personally swear by red being the best color for keyboard backlighting for gaming at night. I also vaguely remember the non-fiction book Submarine by Tom Clancy mentioning that red lighting is used in sleeping quarters on subs.

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kholodnoyesteniy@reddit

Militaries use red lighting for many things. I still have my dad’s old 991s with the filters in the base. Red=night. Better on the eyes and better for concealment.

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BillWilberforce@reddit

Also doesn't harm the night vision of the passengers or any rescuers.

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BR_fallmaster@reddit

My Xbox did that one time

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pocpocpocky@reddit

or is it a red alert? (in Captain Picard’s voice)

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Nearby-Medicine9484@reddit

Looks like red alert to me. There must be Klingons nearby.

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BillWilberforce@reddit

It looks like a Dutch brothel.

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SufficientSquirrel27@reddit

How do you know?

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DaN-WiL@reddit

He went to Amsterdam one Christmas

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Spaceball86@reddit

"One"

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No_Use_9652@reddit

I’m also skeptical of anyone who knows what color the lights are in the red light district. Not common knowledge.

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SpeedBlitzX@reddit

I first read that as a "Dubai brothel" and had to re-read that

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zmoit@reddit

Red light district!! 100%

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caaper@reddit

Pilot flipped the switch from SAFE to ARM

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RumRunnersHideaway@reddit

Pretty sure that’s general quarters for battle

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123tatan@reddit

I feel like red has a mental notation of being a violent/danger color, wonder what other color would work better for night time

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Fit_Definition1583@reddit

Red is actually the best colour for nighttime.

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HerrSchmitti@reddit

Green is a close second. If you want to protect your night vision red, want to see more details green

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MoccaLG@reddit

Number 1 - Red Alert, the Klingons uncloaked a bird of prey behind the asteroid...

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That70sShop@reddit

Red Alert! Woopwoopwoopwoop

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Degenerate_Traveler@reddit

Hmm. Either Christmas mode or evacuate mode. The wing exits are green. Were the others?

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N2929@reddit (OP)

No just the wing ones for a few minutes as they cycled.

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Degenerate_Traveler@reddit

Where were you flying from/to?

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N2929@reddit (OP)

MDW->PDX

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Ok_Mathematician6075@reddit

I mean, that activates an inherent code red in my soul. That would stress me out.

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real_pasta@reddit

Leftovers from valentines

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7GatesOfHello@reddit

This is not at all soothing to passengers with flying anxiety. Probably less of an issue for those with grounded anxiety.

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7GatesOfHello@reddit

Red means danger. I couldn't help myself as I was writing an otherwise reasonable statement. 3/7 of you get upset at the wrong things.

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navmaster@reddit

Had this on a SW flight from Vegas to Austin recently. Very soothing lights, absolutely loved it.

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AlarmDozer@reddit

"Reed alert."

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Curious-Range-453@reddit

Red alert. Shields up!

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michaelaranda@reddit

On some of the Max8 planes, there's a "Safety Demo" setting for the lights that does this, presumably to highlight the location of the emergency exits. However, we're supposed to use the "White Bright" setting during the safety demo, so I'm not sure why this setting is even there.

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Deathmonger1911@reddit

I've seen a similar light colour used on Jet2, each time one lands at night it's like a flying brothel

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CowboyLaw@reddit

I remember Virgin America and its deep purple lights. I miss that airline so much.

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Original-Let8340@reddit

I've seen STTNG. That's a bad sign bros. You better hope that's Picard up there on the fucking bridge.

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TheEDMWcesspool@reddit

The pilots are playing C&C red alert on their FMC, that's why the lights turned red..

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ceviche-hot-pockets@reddit

I’m afraid I can’t do that Dave.

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LockheedTriStar@reddit

believe it or not, that’s the “emergency demo” lighting FA’s can select on their control panel on the MAX8, it’s just almost never used cause the red is hard on the eye

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YMMV25@reddit

Red is actually the least hard on the eye.

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LockheedTriStar@reddit

for adjusting to night flight in the context of piloting sure, but when I worked these flights we rarely used those light settings because they were really unpopular

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NoSwimmers45@reddit

They were really unpopular because they were different. People bitch about two things, change and the way things are.

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WasabiMaster91@reddit

Club Vandersexxx.

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Afraid_Stuff_History@reddit

What in the Soapy Land....

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percbish@reddit

Vibes

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ChironXII@reddit

Seems like it's emergency lighting mode, unless that's the joke. Red to prevent dazzling people at night and green for contrast to highlight exits. If you're colorblind you just die

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willits1725@reddit

Night vision mode

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SaturnSociety@reddit

This would be fun.

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seanconnerysbeard@reddit

Ive seen this. A bunch of rebels got slaughtered in a hallway.

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nachoman2750@reddit

So you cant find yor veins to inject!!!💉💉💉

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hcornea@reddit

Situation lighting.

Only need to worry if the claxons start.

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