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> My prediction is that almost every pax had no idea how close to dying they came until they read about it later. This is why you should keep the window shade
by jdavis703 5y ago
> My prediction is that almost every pax had no idea how close to dying they came until they read about it later.
This is why you should keep the window shade open during taxi, takeoff and landing (a handful of airlines require this, but IME it’s the minority). In the event of a crash or other incident you also want to know what’s outside the plane. Maybe there is burning debris on your side, so you want to exit from the other?
- beef-supreme 5y agoI'm pretty keeping the shades up outside of cruising altitude is required.
- sokoloff 5y agoThat depends on the airline. El Al used to require them to be closed for ground operations (I assume from some I’ll-conceived “security” reason.) It’s common for daytime ops from desert airports for the cabin crew to ask you to close them at the gate to minimize heat gain on the aircraft.
- s0rce 5y agoI've routinely been asked to close them once we've landed when its hot out (mostly in hot areas of the western US).
- dvlat 5y agoI also had that impression until a flight attendant of Virgin Airlines insisted on me keeping them closed during takeoff.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoAll European airlines I've been on always required then up for takeoff and landing