Originally Posted by
relangford
Strangely, I have never had anyone ask me to raise the shade, so .... Folks, there is nothing to see except cloud tops and / or vast expanses of ocean - not very exciting to most sane people.
If there's turbulence -- as there often is over the Pacific -- being able to see the horizon line can be very helpful for avoiding motion sickness and/or a panic reaction to the turbulence.
I take the window seat, as I like to lean against the wall to sleep. OTOH, if the turbulence is bad enough to wake me up, it's bad enough to be very helpful to be able to raise the shade enough to see that yeah, everything is actually OK out there.