Originally Posted by
tstauck
I love the scenery and always try to sit on the "non-sunny" side of the plane. If everyone is sleeping over watching moves, I do the 7/8th down shade. Enough to peek and check things out, but being considerate to others. BTW - on the Dreamliners, even though they automatically dim, I thought you still had your own controls on the window?
The cabin crew are able to "lock" the windows, in which case you can't override the setting. I think I've seen that done on UA, not sure I've experienced it anywhere else - but I also try to avoid the 787 unless I can fly PE (or J on that once a year occasion), which wouldn't happen on UA.