Cabin Temperature
Aug 21, 2015, 7:24 am
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Cabin Temperature
Had my worst ocean crossing in decades on 850 yesterday.
Couldn't sleep at all as the cabin was almost 24c. I asked an FA about it and she said people still had blankets on. In hindsight I wish I'd escalated to the SD.
Couldn't sleep at all as the cabin was almost 24c. I asked an FA about it and she said people still had blankets on. In hindsight I wish I'd escalated to the SD.
Aug 21, 2015, 7:33 am
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Sorry to hear. I would have definitely escalated it to a SD though. Even on BR they leave it at 22C on flights to and from YYZ. Unacceptable.
Aug 21, 2015, 8:20 am
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Just out of curiosity, how did you know it was 24c?
By any chance was it an A330? It's anecdotal but any time I've found the cabin to be too warm it's an A330 and too cold on 767s -- especially window seats.
Aug 21, 2015, 8:33 am
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Aug 21, 2015, 9:01 am
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There's a difference between natural warm ocean air bathed in vegetation of the earth vs. dry air at 30,000-40,000 ft heated by a 10+ year old heater compressed to maintain pressure to keep you alive.
Aug 21, 2015, 9:05 am
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This is often a problem for me too (guessing >40% of overnight flights). For me, however, the temperature is almost always too low. I really don't know how this can be solved when one cabin temperature is perfectly comfortable for some and absolute torture for others.
Just out of curiosity, how did you know it was 24c?
By any chance was it an A330? It's anecdotal but any time I've found the cabin to be too warm it's an A330 and too cold on 767s -- especially window seats.
Just out of curiosity, how did you know it was 24c?
By any chance was it an A330? It's anecdotal but any time I've found the cabin to be too warm it's an A330 and too cold on 767s -- especially window seats.
Aug 21, 2015, 9:24 am
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Anyway, the big deal is compressing, not heating or cooling which will be relatively minor.
Aug 21, 2015, 9:30 am
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I dislike cross-ocean flights where the cabin is too warm. That is one of the major reasons that I generally avoid Asian carriers across the Pacific.
AC usually has it right in this area...though as Dorian experienced, not always...
AC usually has it right in this area...though as Dorian experienced, not always...
Aug 21, 2015, 9:34 am
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I think if you are too cold that can be solved to a great extent with more clothes and blankets. If you are too hot, not much you can do other than the clothes come off and that's not something I want to see at 30000 feet. So my vote is with the cold is better group.
Aug 21, 2015, 9:43 am
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