Think about it though: how many passengers know? Not many, I bet. They always do it. It's tradition.

Very Vilani.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Edward Swatschek <xxxxxx@bitslayer.net> wrote:
On 2014-09-27, 4:57, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 22:11:20 -0400
Fred Kiesche <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Fred,

They've done it on every commercial flight I've been on. Maybe it's just
trrrraaaadiition?
Along with ensuring the window shutters are all in the open position.
Like you, it's happened on every commercial flight I've undertaken.  You
only really notice it though when taking off in the dark.



It's part of the emergency procedures.  In a situation where they have to evacuate the plane, there's a good chance power to the lights have been lost, so it's better to have everybody's eyes adjusted to that light level ahead of time.  The shades are open so people have some awareness of what's happening outside.


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