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Old February 16th, 2007, 09:43   #9
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Default Re: why does this happen before taxi to takeoff?

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Originally Posted by riot shields View Post
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 ?
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Yeah that is weird. I was just gonna say I was on ASA the other day and it was the first time I heard a request to keep the shades open.
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