[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Are the backup analog instruments in the A320 really unlit?

No biggie. That's why pilots carry flashlights.

While flying our private airplane one night, we had a generator failure. Since the engine uses a magneto, it ran just fine, but we had to shut down all the electrical and use a hand radio to communicate.

Since I was flying, I had to hold the flashlight in my mouth to see the instruments.

[Publius6961]

Since I was flying, I had to hold the flashlight in my mouth to see the instruments.

Nothing personal, friend, but I would not want my captain on a commercial flight having to do that...

[Squawk 8888]

That's why I got one of those "headlights" at the camping supply shop. It switches between red and white LEDs.

[dalereed]

"Since I was flying, I had to hold the flashlight in my mouth to see the instruments"

Way back in the dark ages when I was taking my night training for my private my instructor taught me a lesson, get a 2 cell aaa flashlight! I had a 2 cell D flashlight and almost choked holding it in my mouth.

I also years later had the battery short out internally and burn up coming from El Paso to Burbank over El Centro and before I lost all power got a clearance to land at Burbank. The small flashlight came real handy.

[norton]

No biggie. That's why pilots carry flashlights... While flying our private airplane one night...we had to shut down all the electrical...I had to hold the flashlight in my mouth to see the instruments."

Uh,
I'm assuming you did not have a couple hundred passengers on your private airplane...kind of makes a difference.

Yes Virginia,
Airbus does suck.