Cabin Temperature
Mar 12, 2017, 3:54 am
#16
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Isle of Skye, Scotland
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I remember henkybaby's "crusade" from a few years ago. 2011 Holy Grail: lets get the cabin temperature down!
I wonder if part of the issue is the plane generally fly in a nose-up pitch, so heat drift from Y to F, seeking the highest point.
In my experience, Y can be cold on occasions (to the point of needing those flimsy thin blankets) but J and F can be uncomfortably warm/hot.
Still prefer it to be cold as at least I can do something about it.
I wonder if part of the issue is the plane generally fly in a nose-up pitch, so heat drift from Y to F, seeking the highest point.
In my experience, Y can be cold on occasions (to the point of needing those flimsy thin blankets) but J and F can be uncomfortably warm/hot.
Still prefer it to be cold as at least I can do something about it.
Mar 12, 2017, 3:55 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: 30 miles from London
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I like a cool cabin especially for sleeping. If someone is too hot and just in a tshirt and shorts they can't take anything off can they! If someone is too cold put another layer on and use the blanket!
I have generally found over the last year or so that cabin temperatures on longhaul flights have improved.
I have generally found over the last year or so that cabin temperatures on longhaul flights have improved.
Mar 12, 2017, 4:19 am
#18
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Oslo, Norway
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Mar 12, 2017, 9:48 am
#23
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Arizona
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I've been on maybe 5 BA longhaul flights in the past ten years where I felt the temperature was sufficiently cold in CW or F without having to request that the temperature be lowered. This includes last night's PHX-LHR where I actually wore the pajamas and was comfortable for the first time in recent memory. I was pleasantly surprised as it was 32C in PHX and yet the cabin temperature was cool. Often as soon as the food service is done the temperature heats up, but not last night.
The crew were really amazing overall, capturing every detail that they should have. There were a couple of early hiccups with the IFE and there were issues with the jetty upon arrival, but the crew handled those small issues efficiently.
The crew were really amazing overall, capturing every detail that they should have. There were a couple of early hiccups with the IFE and there were issues with the jetty upon arrival, but the crew handled those small issues efficiently.
Mar 12, 2017, 10:48 am
#24
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sheffield, UK
Posts: 114
I was in F once on an A380 on a night flight and it was so uncomfortably hot. I asked a cabin crew member if the temperature could be turned down and she told me that it could not be changed and if I was hot I could go and stand in the nose by the staircase as it's cooler in there! Not really the solution I was after...
Mar 13, 2017, 1:45 pm
#28
Join Date: Oct 2014
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I also got the impression that the highest ventilation pressure was around where I was given the loud gush of air around the windows of row 19 but could be wrong.
Mar 13, 2017, 3:49 pm
#29
Join Date: Apr 2004
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PS did write to BA to complain and got just a canned answer, no compensation for an extremely uncomfortable 7 hour flight.
Mar 13, 2017, 4:05 pm
#30
Join Date: Jan 2005
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I have never asked for the turndown service on BA in F as the cabin has been too hot. From DFW last year I was in shorts and still too warm.
Suspiciously the temperature is never an issue on day flights. Or on QR.....
Suspiciously the temperature is never an issue on day flights. Or on QR.....