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Why are air vents closed?
When you get on the plane, the overhead air vents always seem to be closed. I asked the FA why that was and she didn’t know. She also commented she would be surprised if the cleaning crew did it since they have so little time on board. So why are they closed and who closed them all? |
A lot of passengers don't like blowing air on their head so will close them. I see that a lot of the time.
Also as they're all individual does it matter? |
It can only be the previous customer, we do not touch them. |
Maybe I’m imagining things , but s first flight out on an Airbus 3XX always seems closed up tight. |
I find a mixture, more usually closed than open though. Also other interesting things spotted on the vents :)
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don't think I've ever touched a vent, does it make so much difference to comfort?
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Originally Posted by endoman
(Post 31304615)
don't think I've ever touched a vent, does it make so much difference to comfort?
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Originally Posted by endoman
(Post 31304615)
don't think I've ever touched a vent, does it make so much difference to comfort?
Some passengers hate them though. I well recall (not on BA) an incident when an older Italian woman decided to turn off my vent without asking, because it was destroying (her words) her hair style. When I asked her why she didn't ask first, she said that no English people speak Italian! |
I tend to turn them on when on the ground as it is hot and then off post takeoff when the ac packs are turned back on. I see others doing the same. I mostly fly short haul. Large long haul planes may have an ac cart to cool the plane which would render the extra ventilation unneccessary. . |
Originally Posted by endoman
(Post 31304615)
don't think I've ever touched a vent, does it make so much difference to comfort?
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It’s definitely not crew or cleaners turning them off! The temperature in the cabin tends to drop during descent so many people will turn them off. Frustratingly on the Embraer the main source of fresh air into the toilets seems to be from the gasper vent and it gets smelly quite quickly if someone turns it off (usually the perpetrator is the same person as the one who made it smell bad in the first place!) |
I always turn mine off, can't stand wind blowing on me.
Get enough of that on the east coast of Scotland lol |
As above, I know I will often use them on the ground while the aircraft temperature usually climbs but then turn them off during the flight as the climate control cools things down in general. Don't recall being stuck on the plane at destination for long enough/in such conditions as to need to turn it back on - so it will generally end the flight closed.
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Originally Posted by anniegray
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I always turn mine off, can't stand wind blowing on me.
Get enough of that on the east coast of Scotland lol I do this in the car too - air conditioning is all very nice to cool down the cabin but absolutely cannot involve any cold air coming directly at me so all vents on my side have to be closed or angled sharply away. |
I’m a air vents on man as well as air conditioning on full in the car and in hotel rooms, I hate being hot and would rather be cold. |
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