Cabin Temperature
#61
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: London, UK
Posts: 5,105
See how easy it is to put layers on though? It's not so easy to take them off beyond a certain point...
#62
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: BA GGL & GfL, AA LTP, Marriott (sigh) Ambassador, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,238
i travel with a USB fan as i am always warm...and recently i started carrying a small temp reader too mostly to see what the temp is or if i am crazy lol.
interestingly i found:
CCR on a cool cloudy day, was 24c inside
cabin was kept at 20-21 thru the entire flight which was great because i always prefer to get cozy under the duvet since yes it is always easier to layer up!
unrelated, but it confirmed the AA transcon, which im always boiling hot, reached 25.6c at one point in the flight which is ridiculous.
interestingly i found:
CCR on a cool cloudy day, was 24c inside
cabin was kept at 20-21 thru the entire flight which was great because i always prefer to get cozy under the duvet since yes it is always easier to layer up!
unrelated, but it confirmed the AA transcon, which im always boiling hot, reached 25.6c at one point in the flight which is ridiculous.
#63
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: LON, between FAB and EGTD
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#64
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,563
That's only good if you have layers to put on. Fortunately I had my cardi which I had on - but was cold, and the crew were going around trying to find people more blankets!
#66
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: London, UK
Posts: 5,105
Surely most people to or from London have “layers to put on” (as you did)? Plus 18 degrees is hardly Arctic. A cardi should do it!
#69
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: BA GGL & GfL, AA LTP, Marriott (sigh) Ambassador, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,238
i feel airlines have some notion that warm temps make people pass out, which works in the short term but not longer.
#70
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: FRA, JFK
Programs: BAEC GGL, A3*S, Bonvoy Gold, HH Gold
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After having been in hot cabins on overnights all year, I was pleasantly surprised when flying BA296 last week.
Was almost too cold with just a t-shirt on, but perfectly fine under the blanket.
Haven't slept this well on a plane in a long time.
Was almost too cold with just a t-shirt on, but perfectly fine under the blanket.
Haven't slept this well on a plane in a long time.
#73
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL/GFl, HH Diamond, BW Diamond, Virgin Voyages Deep Blue Extra, Blue Peter Badge Holder
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Perhaps it is time for aircraft/seat manufacturers to design in individual air con zones like you now get in cars (perhaps with a more tightly controlled range).
#74
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Wolverhampton
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Diamond, Marriot Gold, Radisson Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,608
I think certain seats are much much worse. I've found it so hot flying (back from Vegas about christmas in Club Suite) that in a recent flight I wear shorts, and that has finally allowed me to be cold enough to sleep. I've got no blanket on, this is me, tee shirt and shorts. And finally cool enough to sleep.
Upper Deck on 747 was the worst, it was better on the lower deck. I found that the centre seats in the Club Suite on a 777 were roasting, it felt like they were heated seats, so it wasn't about cabin temperature, it seemed to be electrics. I slept a bit better when they moved me to a spare window seat (We'd chosen the seat when it was old 777 and they'd switched the plane, and we didn't realise until we'd got on).
I dunno, if I needed to be warm to sleep, I'd take a jumper and a coat. With that and a blanket, then perhaps you'd be able to sleep outside in springtime, never mind on a flight. I struggle to find how much more I can take off when I'm in a tee shirt and shorts. I know there's a door on the suite (which frankly kept flying open), but I'd not feel comfortable with the "TAPS AFF!" people seem to be expecting of people who are finding it too warm to sleep...
Upper Deck on 747 was the worst, it was better on the lower deck. I found that the centre seats in the Club Suite on a 777 were roasting, it felt like they were heated seats, so it wasn't about cabin temperature, it seemed to be electrics. I slept a bit better when they moved me to a spare window seat (We'd chosen the seat when it was old 777 and they'd switched the plane, and we didn't realise until we'd got on).
I dunno, if I needed to be warm to sleep, I'd take a jumper and a coat. With that and a blanket, then perhaps you'd be able to sleep outside in springtime, never mind on a flight. I struggle to find how much more I can take off when I'm in a tee shirt and shorts. I know there's a door on the suite (which frankly kept flying open), but I'd not feel comfortable with the "TAPS AFF!" people seem to be expecting of people who are finding it too warm to sleep...
#75
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 451
A bit off topic, but I'm in a hotel (in a very warm country) which has centrally set the AC at 22 degrees. Everyone I've spoken is complaining it's too hot. I've spoken to the front desk twice about the AC already....what would you do? Lobby for 2 degree reduction or suck it up?!