Originally Posted by
Jerseystudent
Hi all,
I don't know if I'm being picky but last night on the JER -> LGW during take-off (pitch black outside), the lights weren't dimmed at all. Was wondering if it's new SOP and if not whether I should submit a comment to BA so crew can be made aware of the SOP for departures during hours of darkness?
As KARFA said, it was most likely an oversight and I wouldn’t loose my sleep over it or log a complaint/comment, unless you feared for your life or feel very strong about it. Don’t forget, Crew are humans too and they most likely just forgot to dim the lights, who knows what kind of day they had.