Originally Posted by
enviroian
It's just not UA. AA is the same and I'm equally miffed about this. Every day flight the shades are always down and I don't why. I feel bad initially but keep mine all the way up. It's 2 PM folks!
Absolutely agree! Airplanes are claustrophobic enough already and effectively eliminating windows only makes them worse. The direct sun argument is a non-starter, too. It can never affect both sides of the aircraft and no one minds if they're partially lowered to keep the sun from getting in someone's eyes.