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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 2:33 pm
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Originally Posted by fumje
Regarding suggestions that it's reasonable for crews to lock the shades dim and wait for passengers to ask before releasing—really? 1. this might be viable in C, but in Y hah. 2. it's a silly burden to make a passenger call/find a flight attendant before opening a having a look out the window.
99% of FT threads turn into this discussion.

"I do what I want"
vs.
"It's for the greater good"

I was sleeping on an aisle seat once until a child on the window kept opening and closing the shade. Something reflected straight into my eyes. I'm for the plane wide shade-off scheme.
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