FAs locked all the windows to darkest on a 788 from CDG yesterday. You would’ve thought it was midnight, not 4pm CEST / 10AM EDT 🙄

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Good for them.

Wait...what?

I thought this was all hashed out already.. Didn't AA management say "don't do that..."

AA asks crew to stop locking Dreamliner windows

All the best, James

Didn't know that - thanks for the link...think I'm going to print it out and post it over my seat next week :)

Did you try to override their control by rapidly pushing the brighten button on your window while they were darkening? Did you call the FA and tell them to release control of your window?

We originally did turn them brighter. A few people did. PE isn’t a huge cabin but I’d say about a third brightened them up. Then about 5 minutes later we noticed the whole cabin was getting darker, again. When we hit the button then, it stayed dark. No, didn’t feel like bothering the crew but a little light would’ve been nice since no one was sleeping and everyone was adjusting towards EDT.
Why? Isn’t individual choice good? No one was sleeping. A few windows brighter wouldn’t have interfered with anyone’s movie or workflow.

It's also "sheer, willful ignorance" to ignore that skepticism is fueled by widespread service animal fraud.

I couldn't quite decipher Herb687's reference to PESOM SEPOA, which I expect is similar to my reaction, but my first thought on reading this was "me too - POSH is the way to go." Of course, no one seems to have evidence that this really stood for 'port out, starboard home.'

Some of us are adults who still find joy looking at landmarks and ground features even after 3000 flights, even over the same territory we have seen hundreds of times.

And some of us who are not currently in the window seats are willing to allow the ones who currently control the shade to enjoy that view, even if it bothers us a little.

Your self-perceived benevolence in this area is not an excuse to inconvenience others.

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Ah, I take it you were not permitted to fly in a premium cabin as a child.

Perhaps that explains your position and thus you feel there is no need to have windows on commercial passenger aircraft.....

If it’s a problem for you, I suggest you book the window seat and close your own shades. You have no right to demand or expect that I’ll close mine if I prefer to look outside and stay awake during daylight hours.

Perhaps he benefitted from wise wealthy parents who saw the value of not indulging children with too much unearned privilege, and respected fellow passengers paying a premium for the near certain calm and quiet of a cabin almost always exclusively occupied by well behaved adults.

Incorrect.