Hi all,

Just returned from a week in Phoenix watching baseball on BA288 Thursday evening landing Friday morning, operated on G-CIVA.

I couldn't help but notice that the cabin temperature on boarding was very high as to be uncomfortable. Initially I put this down to 90 degree Phoenix heat that afternoon, yet the temperature remained stubbornly high for most of the flight, when miraculously it cooled down as soon as breakfast was served.

Is it BA policy to set the temperature to a particular level? I did consider, somewhat cynically, that it was a ruse to keep people from using their blankets, and then run a program to see how many were still sealed on arrival, then remove them from flights by "proving" no one used them.

Or is it that the crew are trying to get you to sleep by warming the plane, then to wake up by cooling it down again? If this is the idea, it doesn't work!

Anyone have similar experiences? Do the crew respond to requests for temperature changes?