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Actually, I believe that it's an FAA regulation that the window shades stay open on emergency exit doors. I've never been on a flight where the flight attendan
by mrduncan 17y ago
Actually, I believe that it's an FAA regulation that the window shades stay open on emergency exit doors. I've never been on a flight where the flight attendants allowed those shades to be closed (even partially).
- daten 17y agoDo those doors still have shades if they're never allowed to be closed?
- mrduncan 17y agoAll planes that I've ever been on have had shades, likely for the same reason that you still occasionally see ashtrays (although slightly different since they're usually screwed shut) on planes. The price to disable/retrofit simply isn't worth it to the airlines. Again, I'm not 100% sure that it's an FAA regulation - do we have any pilots/flight attendants on HN who could weigh in?
- imajes 17y agoThe regulation isn't applicable to the entire flight; it's perfectly ok to pull your blind down midway over the atlantic on a red-eye, for example.