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A dark review for United’s Boeing 787
I've flown several more 787 Dreamliners since the one I wrote about in that review from 2017, and if anything I'd be more emphatic in condemning non-passenger control of that plane's electronic window "shades." On the last flight I took, all the windows were dimmed remotely, in the middle of the day, repeatedly, by flight attendants, regardless of who was looking out the window seats those passengers took the trouble to book in the first place. (blogs.harvard.edu) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Just appreciating the "Dark Review" headline.
Disputes over control of the shades has been problematic ever since General George Washington captured the airports from the Redcoats.
Sarah Palin would like for you to stop reading off of a TelePrompTer.
LOL
funny!
I couldn't agree more. I have always wondered why someone asks for a window seat and immediately shuts the shade the second they get on board. I have never flown on a 787 (mainly because I never fly United or American) but always suspected the F/A's would dim the windows despite your desire to look outside rather than watch a Seinfeld re-run.
I had the same experience yesterday on a flight from Los Angeles. Some millenial "manbun" dude sat in the window seat and immediately closed the shades so he could text and watch a movie. I asked if he would leave the shade up on takeoff and climb out...he refused. Offered to switch my aisle seat with him..refused. Entitled little arse.
It seems pointless to engage with such people. I’m a window seat fan who has given them up for aisles just because of my own reluctance to disturb my neighbors for my own need to get up and move around from time to time. I also wonder at passengers who take a window seat and shut off the view.