Maybe the person in the aisle wants to look out the window too but couldnt get a window seat.
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I only keep the window screen closed when it is light outside but the cabin has been dimmed. If the cabin lights are on, the window screen is up.
I choose the window seat because I like to look out the window. I don't shut it unless I'm asked to.
Window seat chooses open or closed.
And middle seat gets both armrests. Aisle gets the legroom and gets to take a piss without stepping over someone. It is the way.
Related and maybe unpopular: nobody should recline their seat. They should just take that feature out of planes entirely.
I think all the seats should come pre reclined
Bunk beds in planes. Just go all the way. I'd be so keen to spend the whole flight napping. Not sure about the safety aspects though
Disagree, we need more reclination and more space between the seats to accommodate that.
But there isn’t more space between the seats
100%. I paid for this space, and now you want to drop back into it, and make it difficult to use my tray table? Gimme $50.
A couple of days ago I had 2 beers at the airport and a window seat. I had to fucking hold it for almost 4 hours. But I'm not the kind of asshole who makes two people get up twice.
What a legend. But next time go take a piss, I'd prefer 20 seconds of mild inconvenience over sitting next to a piss soaked guy who couldn't hold it.
His name was Robert Paulson.
29 assholes agree.
It never occurred to me that someone in a middle or aisle seat would request the window seat person to close the window shade.
Looking out the window is the only fun part of flying these days.
Seriously, the window seat makes flying fun. I remember flying over a huge pit mine in Canada one time and searching satellite maps for hours later to find it and figure out what I was looking at. Flying over Greenland on Iceland Air can be jaw dropping amazement for hours at a time. Istanbul with scattered clouds was like a fantasy novel city. Even flying at night the lights tell some cool stories. I do close the window on transatlantic flights when they dim the lights for mandatory naptime. :-P
I'm a nerd for urban planning, land use, railroads, history, etc, so I find something cool to look at even if I'm flying over the biggest cornfield in Kansas
0p3n w!nd0w g@ng 4 lyfe!
It's your window, you can do with it what you want.
If you want to control the window shade, pick the window seat.
If you want darkness or quiet so you can sleep on your flight, bring a sleep mask or earplugs.
Do not lick the window.
Do not hit the window.
Do not draw on the window with permanent markers.
Dry erase are fine.
Do not moon, flash, or full monty the ground crew. Baggage gets lost that way. Fueling hoses are misconnected that way.
Do not draw on the window with permanent markers.
If it's a sharpie, you can get rid of the mark with hand sanitizer.
That's an old teacher trick. A better one is using a dry erase marker to remove permanent marker. Not perfect, but works in a pinch.
People should be responsible for their own comfort. Bring your own sleep mask, ear plugs, neck pillow, blanket, or whatever else you need to be comfortable.
...for a 40 minute flight.
yes.
I'd never close the window for any reason ... that's my window. I chose that seat so I can look out of it.
was gonna comment but then figured someone would say the obvious. If you want to control the window you buy the window seat ticket.
Yeah fuck all those people trying to sleep.
Indeed. Not my problem they didn't bring a sleepmask.
Bring an eye mask if the light will keep you awake.
I've partially closed one before when I was by the window to help block some of the light but still allow me to look out. It was also a half-filled plane and I had the whole row. If someone beside me was sleeping or reading and it was too bright I would have closed it fully.
Just be aware of your surroundings and others. Too many people are so deep into their own stuff they don't see others around them or what might help them.
we all have unwritten rules like how far behind someone you stand while you are in line
Do not stand behind someone who's going to fire off the bazooka.
Ask for another airplane if you see William Shatner (the original Captain Kirk), or John Lithgow in the window seat.