I remembered one incident a few years back from I was onboard Qantas to fly back to Singapore from Sydney. It was an afternoon flight and one side of the plane was in direct eyesight of the setting sun.
One lady was really insistent that she draw her window blinds down as the sun is in her eyes. But as you know, all flight attendants always insist that all window blinds must be up for take-off & landing.
The lady argued with her but she lost because she was threatened with being off-loaded. Do you think it was very rude of the crew to threaten her like that? Why must the blinds be up anyway?
Well, the most critical phases of a flight are the take-off and the landing. In the most unlikely event of an emergency that requires an evacuation of the cabin, it is important that crew and passengers are able to have a clear view of the outside conditions to determin whether there is fire or any other obstruction.
And mind you, take-off and landing are manually operated by pilots and is especially the most difficult part of the flight. I wouldn't want to do anything that jeopardises any part of this, would you? Just listen to the pretty attendants lah.
And do you know what is the average take-off speed for lift off for most aircrafts? It is a whopping 210km/hr. Who's going to give aircrafts a speeding ticket?
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