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riot shields · February 16th, 2007, 09:36

either easyjet or ryanair, one of those 10$ round trip airlines, make you CLOSE the window shades... what is that all about? so that you don’t see parts of the plane falling off during takeoff? i know a lot of airlines make you keep the shades OPEN incase of an emergency during t/o, but why CLOSED ?

weird europeans.

quick story..
on one easyjet flight, they were having trouble up in the front so a little truck drove up labeled "EasyFix", and some scrubby guy got out, went into the cockpit and started banging something with a hammer.. (so it sounded like).. few minutes later he left and the captain said it was all fixed. thank god for the top quality maintenance.
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February 16th, 2007, 09:36	#8
riot shields Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 161	Re: why does this happen before taxi to takeoff? either easyjet or ryanair, one of those 10$ round trip airlines, make you CLOSE the window shades... what is that all about? so that you don’t see parts of the plane falling off during takeoff? i know a lot of airlines make you keep the shades OPEN incase of an emergency during t/o, but why CLOSED ? weird europeans. quick story.. on one easyjet flight, they were having trouble up in the front so a little truck drove up labeled "EasyFix", and some scrubby guy got out, went into the cockpit and started banging something with a hammer.. (so it sounded like).. few minutes later he left and the captain said it was all fixed. thank god for the top quality maintenance. .