Originally Posted by llauland

This is getting to be much fun. There has been much said thus far about the plausibility of my logic.........but let's face it......while I have the a huge deal of respect for the country and for India in general.......sometimes "logic" does not seem to be at the forefront of the Indian psyche.......Why do pilots cheat on exams and fly with fake licences? Why do people drive outside of the painted traffic lanes as if none existed?Why to motorcycles, and automobiles drive up the wrong side of the road, why do cars cross four lanes of traffic to make a turn, why do the same back up on the major highways (against traffic) because they miss their exit? So the conspiracy theories are now coming out of the woodwork......and the American bashing is taking place........so be it.......while my arguments to you may not be logical (maybe they used some other method for securing the newspaper in the window and not tape.....I don't care....the fact is that the newspaper exists in the first place. I dont care if the used chewing gum!

Please answer this question: WHY DO THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE AIRCRAFT NOT INSTALL WINDOW SHADES AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT IN THE PLANE IF COVERING THE WINDOWS IS AN ACCEPTABLE AND STANDARD PRACTICE? Shouldn't they be there if all of your arguments advocating the practice as acceptable is true.......don't you think that after so many years and pilots offering feedback on improvements and design that they would have offered suggestions for improving the section of the plane that they spend their most time in? I am sure that a method of gathering feedback from the very people who ply the airplanes is in place.......so why aren't permanent shades part of the standard equipment on an airplane? if they were meant to be there they would be......isn't this a logical assumption?