Originally Posted by Henry III

True enough, and well publicised on sites such as SeatGuru. But, can anybody -- please -- give me a sensible reason why this should be? After all, it's not as if the doors aren't air-tight, or that the cabin air-conditioning/heating doesn't actually circulate the air around the airplane.

I know (from a friend's experience) that certain areas in Y on - for example - AF A340s can get very cold, but that's because they're right by the aircon unit(s). But why (really, I'm seriously about this) does it get cold near the exits?

-- Henry