I've been coming back to this thread again and again to post the following question:
Why would anyone do this?

Today, I decided to finally post it.

I mean sure. Takeoff and landing are always interesting and I can think of countless times they've been used in "intro" type scenes of personal, commercial videos, etc. But, what about the rest of the time? I mean sure, Superman could fly by, he might catch a gremlin from the Twilight Zone movie or an intercepting military jet, or whatever flew between Aeries 31and TWA 517 (I had to look that up) but other than that?

A second series questions. Might the flight attendants have had a problem with this rig on the window during takeoff and landing? Shouldn't it have been stowed? Technically, it blocks a portion of the view out the window. Don't some airlines/FAs ask that all window shades be up during takeoff and landing so you have an unobstructed view outside the plane in the event of an emergency?