OO-VEG From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 1081 posts, RR: 1 Posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 3778 times:
My father travels pretty often by aircraft and he told me that at night you have to close you passenger window (read: pull that little curtain over it so you don't get any light). But why is this, when it is dark you don't have to bother about sunlight do you???
So why can't you just leave these windows open?
BTW: I asked my father why this is but he didn't know and it doesn't care him at all, as long as there are windows in the aircraft he is satisfied
Loserkid182 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 3534 times:
This kind of thing really pisses me off. But what really did was when I was on a SYD-LAX this past summer the sun was going down the f/a asked me to close my window shade. I did then reopened it but the damn f/a comes back and askes me to shut it again! I dont know why they can just let people keep them open if the want to so they can look out! Just because most people that dont care about flying do, doesnt mean that us aviation lovers cant leave the shades open!
Highliner2 From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 691 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 3504 times:
KLM747 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2001, 666 posts, RR: 19 Reply 4, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 3493 times:
Sometimes it's night on the plane, and lots of light outside. They want you to close it so people can sleep. And another reason is sometimes they show a movie, and they want it dark. Every time they do that when I cross the Pacific.
Lh526 From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 2176 posts, RR: 20 Reply 5, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 3497 times:
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.. is: Morning will come soon and the sunrise light is very bright up there on FL400! So, when morning comes some people ´want to stay asleap and don't want to be woken up by the early sunlight.
Thats it
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Capt.Picard From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 3400 times:
As above, people don't appreciate being woken up by the sunlight shining through the windows the next morning-apart from me, that is!
If you're desparate to see a tropical storm by night, or get a shot of the morning sunrise over the wing, then you can always go over to the door window (assuming there is one).
In my experience on BA longhauls, a few people always leave theirs open, and the crew don't seem to mind.
RyeFly From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1369 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3353 times:
When I flew to Stockholm they asked us to close the shades late at night, I closed it 3/4 of the way but then put it up all the way soon after since I wasn't tierd and wasn't planning on sleeping. Plus the sun was rising on the other side of the plane anyways. The flight attendents noticed but never said anything to me.
Hawaiian717 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3039 posts, RR: 10 Reply 9, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3307 times:
On Hawaiian flight 4, the red eye from HNL to LAX, they don't bother asking for the window shades to be closed. This flight is 5 hours, and leaves at night and arrives in LAX just as the sun starts to rise.
N-156F From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3281 times:
I flew PHL-LHR at night once on US (B767-200ER), and the F/As never once asked me to close my window. Granted, I had it shut for the movie (Wing Commander, whoopee), but I opened it shortly afterwards- it's not often you get to fly over the Atlantic (at least, for me it isn't).
Cba From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 4530 posts, RR: 4 Reply 11, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3239 times:
I've flown on Air France from IAH-CDG a few times. The flight leaves Houston at 4:30, and gets to Paris at 9:00AM the next day. I always keep my window open and look at the starts outside (I can't sleep on planes), and they never complain. On the return flight which is during daytime, we had to close our windows during the movie, but I left mine open and nobody cared.
Baec777 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 1231 posts, RR: 2 Reply 12, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days ago) and read 3220 times:
Well when I flew many times, i always had my shades open, and close...... Close when watching a movie in daylights, and at night, it doesn't matter to me.
LOT767-300ER From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days ago) and read 3213 times:
One time me and my brother left the window shades open on a LOT763ER during a trans-atlantic flight, all night long and the pax hated us!!!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAH
DaveT From Canada, joined Dec 2011, 1 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (11 years 3 months 3 days ago) and read 3200 times:
I have been on as many flights during the day as I have at night.
I have had the F/A dictate.... sorry.... ask that I lower my shades in respect for my fellow passengers to watch the Air Canada A320 tv screen during daylight hours.... "I politely informed him I would not" This is my seat and I will do as I wish! (He prabably went back to dream up some sort of air rage complaint against me!)
I have had F/A's "insist" that I close my shade at night, which I usually have no problem with except when there is a full moon in my window, but when I raise it early in the morning to get the sunrise, I have witnessed the scorn on the faces of F/A's when they see this.
I typically have something in my lap such as a book or magazine which sends a signal that I am using the outside light to read.
Too OO-VEG, I am rather confused in that you say your father is a "regular" traveler but he does not know why F/A's request blinds to be closed....????
That makes no sence to me!
Then again, I do not make it a habit to respond to any childrens topic on airliners.net.
SophieMaltese From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 2064 posts, RR: 4 Reply 16, posted (11 years 3 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 3182 times:
Hawaiian717 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3039 posts, RR: 10 Reply 18, posted (11 years 3 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3127 times:
DaveT writes: Too OO-VEG, I am rather confused in that you say your father is a "regular" traveler but he does not know why F/A's request blinds to be closed....????
On Hawaiian Airlines long haul flights, after takeoff when they start up the video projectors again, one of the first things that is asked in the prerecorded announcements is as follows:
"Now that we're airborne, we'd like to ask passengers seated next to the windows to kindly lower their window shades, so we can all see the picture a little better."
With the projection type screens on the DC-10 and other aircraft, I can see the difference in picture quality if even one window shade is up.
OO-VEG From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 1081 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (11 years 3 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3118 times:
First of all, thanks everybody for your answers.
Dave T, My father ususally travelles inside Europe and never had to close his window there (those flights are not longer than 2 hours). But as he recently had to flew to Jakarta (on a KLM 747) he told me about closing the windows at night. He said he didn't mind closing it as it was dark and he couldn't see anything.
He also flew on some flights to America but most of those flights were at day and as he travells business class with his own PTV he didn't have to close his window at all.
KMIA From United States of America, joined Nov 2010, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (11 years 3 months 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3091 times:
I'm an aircraft lover, but I hate people who DON'T close the shades. Like others I want to sleep on a transatlantic flight, unlike most tourists, I have business meetings next morning in Europe
Zsx81 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 301 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (11 years 3 months 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 3048 times:
I bet they dont ask people in first class to close their windows do they?
zsx
25 QantasA330: For the most part it depends on the airline... I've never been asked to close anything on: QANTAS Ansett Continental United American British Singapore
26 Lewis: I don't think they ask first class travelers to close the windows. 1. They mostly have ptvs that don't need complete darkness. 2. They are given these
27 GKirk: I always have my window shades open at night, I like looking out the window to look for other planes or cities on the ground. Or if over water, see if
28 Sevenair: The only reson i can think is maybe its blinding at sunrise/set. but i flew ATH-NCL early morning and all the windows were open.
29 AC_A340: I've never been asked to close my window shade. Doesn't make sense why they ask you to close it over night. It's dark outside anyways. Anyways, I usua
30 L'Espace180: Zsx81, being in first does not let you the privileget to keep your window open. This summer, on a day flight in biz, I was asked to close my 2 window
31 L1011: When I flew Hawaiian first class from LAX to HNL, they made me lower my window shade. When I protested, they still made me close it. This occured righ
32 SEVEN_FIFTY7: I just don't see how any F/A could have the balls to "insist" that a paying passenger close his/her shades. Politely (or reasonably) asking is one thi
33 Samurai 777: Interesting. I've never been MADE to close the shades, but I've been requested before, and if I didn't, the FAs didn't really give a rat's ass about i
34 Superfly: Maybe some people are afraid of 'The Boogie Monster'. Remember that episode of 'The Twilight Zone' whare there was this Wharewolf looking man on the w
35 AeroGlobeAir7: Hmmmm. I don't think Southwest makes you close your windows at night. Two years back I was on a flight MCI-STL-MCO that left Kansas City in the late a
36 Hawaiian717: Generally I've only been asked to close the window shade to impove the picture quality on projection type movie screens, and as I said earler in this
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