Originally Posted by
hyperspace
I understand your POV but it's honestly very subjective..... SNIP
Correct. It IS subjective. I hope we don't end up in the same cabin one day as I think you're gonna be highly distressed at my use of the window as a .... window. Heck, even BA's latest poster campaign goes to some length to feature passengers looking out of the window in some sort of wonderment.
Originally Posted by
hyperspace
On the argument of "daytime flight". What's even a daytime flight on a long trip that crosses several time zones? some would wanna stay within the day/night time of the departure zone, some would wanna sleep when it's technically daytime from the departure POV, but would be night time from the arrival POV, in order to beat jetleg. Again it's all a matter of subjective preference.
At the end it comes down to, is your action of opening the blinds in a dark cabin affecting only you or a lot of other passengers around you? to me the answer is clear on who's imposing personal preference on whom.
But your own point stresses the very fact that to some pax it will be daytime, for others it is the middle of the night. For some it's the beginning of a very long day and a snooze will help, for others it is their tactic to stay awake depending on what the end game is for limiting their jet lag at the other end. So every has their own personal preference and there is no clear answer.
Originally Posted by
hyperspace
we can get in the technicality of what is or is not a good earplug set or eyemask, but the point here is to look at the main action of introducing, by the action of one person, light or noise in a cabin otherwise dark and quiet. This action of a single person would require all or most other people to use a tool to avoid the pollution introduced. That does not seem fair to me, regardless of quality of tools provided by BA to remove such pollution.
Then why provide the tools in the first place? As has been said many times in previous threads on this and other 'touchy' topics, this is public transport. Someone on the bus wants to read, someone else wants to look out the window. Another wants to watch a film. Someone else wants to get a nap. Another two want a chat. This guy here wants a snack and talk with his neighbour. The lady over there is thumbing thru a magazine. And that youngster wants to stare at the clouds.
The tools exist, use them and avoid 'pollution'..