First-world problem - no gasper valves (overhead air vents) on some aircraft, why?
Jul 31, 2019, 7:42 pm
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I just spent 24 hours on back to back 12 hour, overnight flights on LH without any type of overhead vent. The issue for me was that they kept the cabin WAY too hot for sleeping and I couldn’t sleep. Had there been an overhead vent, I could have kept the air flowing and maybe gotten some sleep. Sleeping on planes is hard enough, sweating while trying really sucks.
Jul 31, 2019, 8:06 pm
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Aug 3, 2019, 4:06 pm
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i think you have the two biggest offenders for INTL, but I just took a DL redeye that took the cake. I didn’t know a 752 could get that hot, and am convinced the cabin crew wanted to be left alone.
Aug 3, 2019, 9:43 pm
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FAs on a recent B77W flight made multiple announcements about people complaining that the cabin was cold and told everyone to close their vents if the were cold.
One FA even offered to close mine, but I declined as I prefer to prefer to be slightly cold.
Aug 4, 2019, 4:44 am
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This is something I have to keep in mind when considering which airline to fly internationally.... I CAN'T STAND not having "gaspers" - - I run hot as it is and having blowing air on me helps so much, especially if the crew doesn't keep the overall temperature relatively chilly. Warm AND no gaspers? I'm in my own little world of hell.
Aug 4, 2019, 6:27 am
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Isn’t this almost the very definition of a first world problem?
I mean, “third world problems” are things like not having an actual house, not having food, having armed uprisings that take over your village, no access to medicine/clean water, etc.
I mean, “third world problems” are things like not having an actual house, not having food, having armed uprisings that take over your village, no access to medicine/clean water, etc.
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Aug 4, 2019, 10:35 am
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The topic of preferred temperatures is interesting -- there is a wide range of preferred temperature (over 10 degrees F) found in most studies with age, gender, ethnicity, ... having a correlation.
Many, many studies and articles written on this -- for example, this recent news reportHow to Resolve the Office Temperature Debate. There is not one size fits all plus you have the difficultly on a plane even holding a single temperature throughout the aircraft.
So the ability to have some micro-climate control does seem to make sense.
Many, many studies and articles written on this -- for example, this recent news reportHow to Resolve the Office Temperature Debate. There is not one size fits all plus you have the difficultly on a plane even holding a single temperature throughout the aircraft.
So the ability to have some micro-climate control does seem to make sense.
Jul 15, 2022, 7:02 pm
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Jul 15, 2022, 10:17 pm
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perhaps not
Was not all the 763s pmUA Except for the acquired 3 HA units, which BTW did not have gaspers
pmCO had 764s
Was not all the 763s pmUA Except for the acquired 3 HA units, which BTW did not have gaspers
pmCO had 764s
Jul 15, 2022, 11:32 pm
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My recollection is the PMUA 763s as with virtually all their AC had nozzles. I wonder if the converted 763s had them Smiseked away?
This is a legit issue in sweltering Asia right now, where my NH 789 and SQ 78J flights do not offer this option. Brand new aircraft at that.
One of numerous subtle advantages UA has that gets drowned out in the whinges about food.
This is a legit issue in sweltering Asia right now, where my NH 789 and SQ 78J flights do not offer this option. Brand new aircraft at that.
One of numerous subtle advantages UA has that gets drowned out in the whinges about food.
Jul 16, 2022, 12:25 am
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