In life we all have unwritten rules like how far behind someone you stand while you are in line or the “nod of recognition” you give someone if you make eye contact while they are walking toward you.
There are lots of these about airplanes, famously about 3-deep-seats.
But I’m curious about the unwritten rule for the window.
To me, if you are in the window seat, unless someone specifically needs the window to be open for motion sickness or something, you are responsible for closing the window once the plane is at cruising altitude so people can sleep if they need to. If you dont do that, I find it a little grating.
Curious what other folks think.
Seriously, the window seat makes flying fun. I remember flying over a huge pit mine in Canada one time and searching satellite maps for hours later to find it and figure out what I was looking at. Flying over Greenland on Iceland Air can be jaw dropping amazement for hours at a time. Istanbul with scattered clouds was like a fantasy novel city. Even flying at night the lights tell some cool stories. I do close the window on transatlantic flights when they dim the lights for mandatory naptime. :-P
I’m a nerd for urban planning, land use, railroads, history, etc, so I find something cool to look at even if I’m flying over the biggest cornfield in Kansas
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