Originally Posted by
Seat 2A
Why do they put windows on airplanes, anyway? It must be for safety reasons so people can see outside if ever an unsafe situation should develop.
Whaaaat? Are you suggesting that some people actually enjoy the unique perspective of seeing this beautiful blue/green orb we inhabit from 30 some odd thousand feet above it? In this day and age of electronic entertainment via laptops and seat-back screens, I see more and more people slam their window shades down immediately after takeoff. Alas - a pretty evening sky, a beautiful descent through towering cumulonimbus clouds, the warm midday blue yonder out over the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean - for many of us these no longer hold the same level of appeal as the electronically generated visage that appears on the screen in front of us...
Here are a few reasons why I actually enjoy looking out my window... After all, it's not everyday I get to see views like this. As for that movie on the seat back IFE or my laptop, I can watch that anytime back home on a much nicer screen.
This.
Don't get me started on the window seat...The person on the window seat 28A on EK238 (B777-200LR) from Boston to Dubai was a "window nazi" who kept the window closed the whole 14hrs, while I was in 28C to get the best opportunity to look out the window. Our family held seats 27D, 28C-E.
Here is a sunrise shot I got out of window seat 27K on EK569 (B777-300) from Bangalore to Dubai.
Descent into DXB:
Lots of EK tails:
That's what I did instead of using this abomination of an IFE:
