Originally Posted by
hfly
Personally I have been on 2 long haul TK flights in the last few weeks where the heat was simply unbearable, and had to have (again) a conversation(s) with the "Sef" to lower the temperature (The "Sef" claiming that they had raised it because some old woman had complained-----I told her to give the Teze a blanket and keep the other 350 pax happy). The last flight the cabin was over 26 degrees. The standard across the industry is 22 degrees, plain and simple.
Couldn’t agree with you more. I cannot walk around naked in the cabin but if someone is cold then they can layer up.
Typically my experience is something along the lines of this, I ask the purser to keep the temperature at 23 C as directed by the airline. If she says that there is an elderly person / people complaining about the cold temp, I advise her that it’s TK policy to keep it at 23 C and I am not asking them to change the temp for the entire plane but only for my section. I typically fly long haul US - IST routes and on 777’s there is one temp setting for rows 1-2, one for 3-4 and one for 5-7 in biz.
Once you assert “superiority” over them and indicate to them that you are a) aware of the airline policies b) Know the zones, they oftentimes comply and decrease the temperature. Unfortunately in some cultures like Turkish one, being nice does not always help - so if you stand your ground and be assertive - you can get what you want ( decent cabin temperature)