Timeline for Does closing window shades save fuel?
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| Dec 18, 2018 at 20:58 | comment | added | Daniele Procida | @rerirab On the contrary, on the 787 your window shade is controlled by the crew, and if they decide that you aren't allowed to see out - that's it. | |
| Dec 18, 2018 at 20:36 | comment | added | reirab | For those who want to see out, try booking a 787. Instead of having mechanical shades that close, the windows dim electrically. So, if you're sitting on the window, you can still see out, but it won't flood the cabin with light disturbing the other passengers. | |
| Dec 18, 2018 at 20:34 | comment | added | reirab | @DanieleProcida I think every single long-haul flight I've ever been on required shades closed for almost the entire duration. The vast majority of passengers definitely want it that way on long-hauls, especially trans-Pac or trans-Atlantic ones where many time zones are being crossed. On those flights, different people will need to sleep at different times depending on where they've been and where they're going in order to stay on/adjust to the time zone on which they need to operate. Some passengers (on short trips) will want to maintain their normal time, while others adjust to destination. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 10:24 | comment | added | Antzi | @DanieleProcida Oh sure it is acceptable. From what I remember, shading the window is enforced on: JAL, ANA, Air France, Swiss Air, Air China, Aeroflot, Aero Mongolia, Turkish Airline, ... Obviously acceptable for the vast majority of travelers. | |
| Aug 16, 2016 at 8:11 | comment | added | RoboKaren | Ah. So you're the one who opened the shades in the middle of my last transpacific flight, flooding the darkened cabin with sunlight and earning the everlasting enmity of rows 14-18. Cheers. | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 23:08 | comment | added | Daniele Procida | I'm pretty sure that the first time a claustrophobic and highly-anxious flyer who has to be able to look out of the window in order to tolerate being on a plane at all encounters this idiotic policy - if it is indeed a policy - will put an end to it pretty quickly. It's the kind of thing Aeroflot was notorious for in its grimmest days, but surely utterly unacceptable to the vast majority of travellers. | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 19:03 | comment | added | user14897 | What about the shorter flight? They already give out sleep masks. What if a passenger (me) wanted to enjoy the scenery? | |
| Aug 15, 2016 at 19:02 | history | answered | RoboKaren | CC BY-SA 3.0 |