There’s an unspoken rule when flying that those who sit in the window seat control the shade. Yet one flyer who refused to ...

It’s important to keep an open blind. Having the window shade open during takeoff and landing might seem like an unnecessary nuisance. However, there’s an important safety reason for this seemingly ...

Flight attendants may require window shades to be up during takeoff and landing for passenger safety. Open windows let passengers and crew quickly see hazards outside and help first responders assess ...

Reports indicate that on commercial flights, the crew advises passengers to open the window shades a few minutes before ...

It’s an airplane command that feels slightly mysterious: keep window shades up during takeoff and landing. While it might seem like an annoying chore for travelers trying to get some rest on an ...

Every frequent flyer has encountered the familiar instruction: keep window shades up during takeoff and landing. While it might seem like a minor request, this standard procedure is actually a ...

Air travel is a struggle under the best of circumstances. Legroom seems to shrink with every trip, and the argument about whether it’s rude to recline one’s seat rages on (though some airlines have ...

That quiet moment before landing, when the cabin lights dim and everyone prepares for touchdown, often comes with one small but firm instruction: “Please keep your window shade open.” It sounds like a ...

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I’ve been traveling a lot recently, and I’m here to report that a worrying tendency has taken hold among my fellow Americans. We are turning our gaze away from the world, looking inward, not with ...

It was the mile-high fight club. New York real estate agent Eric Goldie was just plane fed up with a fellow passenger reaching into his row to open the window shade on a flight — so he took matters ...