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Jul 13, 2019, 5:12 pm

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stevenshev

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Originally Posted by mellon

I always ask the crew to unlock my window shade.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redwood839

Has anyone actually stood up (in a nice way) to FA's about this? I paid for my ticket, my seat and my carriage. I should be able to decide whether I want my shade up or not. Except on the 787. We took an Edelweiss 14 hour flight last week and the FA's came and asked kindly if we wanted to close it, but said it was ok to keep it up./

On United, it's pretty much 'shut it pal'.

I ..... every time they do it and only once have gotten any push back which was promptly resolved. On a flight to Sydney, the last thing I want to is to exacerbate my jet lag by keeping it night time when it's 7am.

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