Originally Posted by
Eric Westby
One thing you mentioned that I wanted to comment on:
"About 1 hour later the sun was coming up and I was woken up by a RUDE passenger who decided to open the window and wake everyone else at 1 in the morning!"
There's always going to be tension on flights when those who want things just so don't get their way -- witness the recent dust ups over reclining. If you're a light sleeper, I recommend a good quality sleep mask. They're a little warm, but otherwise they work like a charm.
I wouldn't mind if the person had opened the window a tiny bit to look out but this passenger randomly opened the shutter out of the blue startling everyone. It was clear that most people were sleeping or at least trying to sleep so personally I don't see this behaviour as acceptable.
I don't go on night flights often so don't take sleep masks. I think I have one but never really use it!
I also had the reclining issue in America! The passenger ethics is so different there!! Here we would only recline our seats on a long night flight (I didn't recline my seat to Newark) and wouldn't really bother on a short flight were as I noticed that over there the seats were flung back as far as possible within moments of take off! This is not common here at all and I actually found it rude especially with the seatback tv. I don't mind the seat going back a bit but find it unacceptable that people feel the need to fling the seat all the way back on a 2 hour day flight.