Unintended consequence of Qantas touch screen IFE After years as a Virgin regular I took my first Qantas flight the other day, and I experienced the touch screen IFE for the fir

Unintended consequence of Qantas touch screen IFE

After years as a Virgin regular I took my first Qantas flight the other day, and I experienced the touch screen IFE for the first time. It doesn't seem to be all that sensitive so it needed a decent prod to work, and I had the sense that while I was navigating the menus I was poking the head of the passenger in front. He didn't say anything but I'm sure I saw his head move as I was poking away at the menus. Has anyone else found themselves on the giving or receiving end of a poke in the head courtesy of the IFE? This was in economy (on a 747) where the seat backs are thin and springy

Yep had the same thing happen yesterday on singapore airlines, not sure if qantas has the same setup but on singapore you can use the remote or screen, I think the guy behind me got the message when I threw him a dirty after 10 minutes of tapping through menus

This was VH-OEH, and it had no remote, so touch was the only option. I was conscious of it, so I tried to tap with the minimum effort needed to make the thing work, but I can see others not being so restrained.

tronek,

The key is to use your fingernail to tap away at the screen. I've been known to provide similar instructions to the passengers behind me (for obvious reasons).

Thanks for the advice. Useful fingernails might work for a babushka, but I'm a chuvak so it could be tricky. I'll just continue to try to stay mindful of this in future.

No no you don't need long nails. Just flick it with your trimmed nails, like you're flicking a fly, with your index finger. So as you would normally do it but just turn your hand around.

Overall I find most people are gentle enough with it, although I did have one morning flight (after having just finished nightshift) where the kid behind me was playing a game on it, that wasn't a pleasant experience.

Kids playing games on it would be the worst. I hadn't even considered that!

This is also apparent on other carriers with a similar setup such as MH.