Originally Posted by
Explorer789
If they lock the shades, then what's the point of getting a window seat in the first place?
Originally Posted by
jlemon
I totally agree. And this situation is enough of a reason for me to avoid flying internationally on UA 787 equipment.
...And for me, it's the PRIMARY reason I'd select a 787 over any other aircraft.

My photosensitivity threshold is rather low. I wear sunglasses on rainy days, my house is generally low-light after dark and we have room-darkening blinds throughout the house.
I've sat in the window seats on the 787--I've never had trouble seeing outside when the crew has darkened them (maybe in my case they haven't gone to "10" on the darkening scale? I'll concede that I don't know). Conversely, I was once flying to China in J, fully reclined, we turned a corner or something, and despite the 'dimmers' on and eyeshades, I had the sun directly in my face, in a blueish-green hue...Woke me right up.
And I can't tell you how many times on other aircraft, I'm trying to watch a movie and can't even see my screen with the sun coming through. The glare can get unbearable when there's an unobstructed sun coming through the windows.
There are a plethora of threads about this very topic already. And I'll continue to champion for darkness rights.