Frozen on IBZ-LCY yesterday (cold cabin)
 

My OH and I froze our tails off on our flight back from IBZ yesterday. I noticed a few more people wearing jackets, hoodies, etc., which seems to suggest that we were not the only ones who thought that the cabin was a bit cold.

I mentioned it to the CSM who looked very surprised and said it was set to 20 degrees. She said she would change it to 21. I think she did because I saw her move the thermostat. For a little while the cabin felt a little bit less cold.

Later on, however, we felt cold again and on my way to the toilet I saw that the temperature was set back at 20 degrees.

Now, a 20 degrees setting sounds quite low to me. Maybe it felt even colder as we were coming from 30 degrees.

Is this a normal temperature for a short-haul flight? Perhaps she was trying to make us adjust to the temperature difference shock on landing? :)

I'm happy at 20, my wife freezes below 25 and the one time she ran me a bath I thought she was trying to boil me alive

Passengers competing for the thermostat and likely no more

My advice: Let it go.

It's very difficult to control the temperature on the E170/E190. Often one end of the aircraft will be hot and the other end cold - usually the rear is colder than the front (it's not unusual for tiny pellets of ice to come out of the vents in the last few rows) but sometimes it's the other way around and the rear can be like a sauna, and the slightest turn of the thermostat can result in surprisingly dramatic changes.

Also as the two cabin crew are kept very busy on these flights and in Euro Traveller have to pass through the cabin three times to complete the service - food (which may involve practically climbing into the full size meal trolley to reach the ones at the back), bar, clear in - their perception of the temperature in the cabin will likely be quite different to those of passengers sitting under the air vents.

Twenty celsius for me is perfect, if a little warm. Current temperature in this Northumberland house (no central heating): 17.6c. We just need to invent some farm animal which grows a warming offcut product, suitable for clothing, in return for eating grass. It's so individual that there isn't a right or wrong about it, however pressurisation seems to add a dimension to it, cold dry air really getting to some people. Best to have the aircraft cool so you add clothing, rather than hot since you really don't want the reverse.
Oh and never believe an aircraft thermostat!

20C is a VERY long way from freezing and surely a very warm day to any true Brit. We have the house thermostat set to 18C during the winter and it feels very comfortable to us 2 old pensioners.

On an E190 ZRH-LCY a few weeks ago, I think I took my jumper on and off about 5 times, as the temperature soared and dropped wildly, like a Cessna approaching FNC. I was in row 12, so I can only imagine what extremes the poor chaps at either end of the cabin must have endured. For future flights, I will dress for the beach, but bring a winter sleeping bag in my carry-on.

Just because it was set to 20C doesn't mean the cabin was actually 20C.

Hahahaha I'm always very suspicious of Ibiza pax- who knows what's got into them? :)

I've always wondered: do aircraft naturally cool down or heat up during flight? Given it's usually -50C outside i'd assumed that heating the cabin requires energy, although a metal tube in direct sunlight for several hours would presumably attract a lot of heat...

But it assuredly wasn't zero!