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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
Peter L wrote:
As you know, in this day and age, no airline passenger can impose anything on anyone. I don't know where you get the idea that I want to impose anything on anyone. I am complaining about this strange idea of showing a movie in a red eye flight. On long international flights in my experience, they don't show a movie during what usually constitutes sleep time for most passengers. On long international flights that I have been on, they do show movies during late night (local time) periods. |
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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
Peter L wrote:
As you know, in this day and age, no airline passenger can impose anything on anyone. I don't know where you get the idea that I want to impose anything on anyone. I am complaining about this strange idea of showing a movie in a red eye flight. On long international flights in my experience, they don't show a movie during what usually constitutes sleep time for most passengers. What's sleep time on a long east-west or west-east flight? Some people are on origination time zone, others on destination zone, others working madly to adjust. The transpacific flights I've taken recently have all had personal video, but on transatlantic flights there's usually a movie one or two hours into it, which is the middle of any sleep one might hope to get. I actually find that it helps me get to sleep if I'm marginally tired. Nor do they wake you up for meals. A while ago I was on an airline (Virgin maybe) that gave people "yes, wake me up for food" and "no, let me sleep" stickers to apply to ourselves. Seemed like a great idea. Sometimes I wake up just after breakfast has been served (or I woke up in anticipation of breakfast and dozed off while waiting for them to make it to my row) and that makes me grumpy. Somehow on these long international flights they get the idea that they should set aside a period for passengers to sleep, at least try to sleep. It's not kindergarten with forced nap time. Some people just can't get to sleep and if they're bored and fidgety they're going to keep others up too (opening the windowshades, walking around, etc.). I think eyeshades are the only reasonable solution if you're bothered by the light. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu |
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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
"mrtravel" wrote in message . .. Peter L wrote: About 8 hours. It's a red eye. How much time do you sleep at night? I thought it was Sacramento to Chicago That's less than 2000 miles. I am guessing about 1800-1900. You must have been on a very slow plane. It's a 3.5 hour flight, started at 11:30 pm, sleep time for most people and most of the passengers on this flight. Then why did you someone say 8 hours. Because you asked "How much time do you have to sleep?" Well, about 8 hours per night. On a 4 hour flight, I hope for the entire 4 hours. How much sleep do you get on a 3 1/2 flight? Not much on this particular one. In the best of all worlds, 3 1/2 hours. |
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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
I am tall enough that my eyes are above the head rest of the seat
in front of me. The movie screen is yet above that. The flickering light is very distracting for someone trying to sleep. And for those people who needs entertainment, there are a number of music channels, and they can read the magazine from cover to cover. I hate to break it to you, but you are not the only person in the world and definitely not the most important. As other posters wrote, some people do not sleep on planes and some are so well-prepared that they bring blinders (soft eye covers). Your last statement was about as arrogant and selfish as I've read. Casey |
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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
Peter L wrote:
Because you asked "How much time do you have to sleep?" Well, about 8 hours per night. On a 4 hour flight, I hope for the entire 4 hours. zDoh.... We were discussing sleeping on the flight you were referring to , so I did not mean how much sleep you get when you are not flying. |
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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
"Casey" wrote in message nk.net... I am tall enough that my eyes are above the head rest of the seat in front of me. The movie screen is yet above that. The flickering light is very distracting for someone trying to sleep. And for those people who needs entertainment, there are a number of music channels, and they can read the magazine from cover to cover. I hate to break it to you, but you are not the only person in the world and definitely not the most important. Nor do I ever think so. What makes you say that? As other posters wrote, some people do not sleep on planes and some are so well-prepared that they bring blinders (soft eye covers). Your last statement was about as arrogant and selfish as I've read. As arrogant and selfish as someone who says if I want to sleep I should bring eye shades? How are these two statements different? Casey |
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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
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Peter L wrote: I have flown other red eyes with other airlines and they do show a movie. Why? Let me sleep in peace, please. If you can sleep crammed into that tiny upright space, you're luckier than most of us. If you really intend to sleep, you should bring eyeshades; earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones are also a good investment if you hope to sleep on a flight. Every time the air is less than glass-smooth, the cockpit turns on the seat belt sign and triggers the 90-decibel automatic announcement. Those of us who read try not to disturb those next to us. But reading takes far more light than watching a movie, and also involves moving hands and/or arms to turn pages. Not to mention the whole fuss of changing books every 2-3 hours, more often if one isn't a good choice (a book that makes me laugh out loud is obviously inappropriate on a red-eye if fellow travellers are trying to sleep). It used to be that red-eyes were uncrowded, and one could spread out a bit on them. Not any more, especially the eastbound transcontinentals. -- Randy Hudson |
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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
"Peter L" wrote in message ...
Just took a flight from Sacto to Chicago. Boarded at 11:30 pm. They brought drinks, a pack of little salty snacks. And when everyone was settled in and getting comfortable to go to sleep, they started a movie. Yeah that's exactly what I wanted in the middle of the night. I have flown other red eyes with other airlines and they do show a movie. Why? Let me sleep in peace, please. They show movies on any flight long enough to fit one in, more if time allows. I actually love it. |
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Why do airlines show movies on red eye flight.
In article , Peter L
wrote: "Casey" wrote in message nk.net... I am tall enough that my eyes are above the head rest of the seat in front of me. The movie screen is yet above that. The flickering light is very distracting for someone trying to sleep. And for those people who needs entertainment, there are a number of music channels, and they can read the magazine from cover to cover. I hate to break it to you, but you are not the only person in the world and definitely not the most important. Nor do I ever think so. What makes you say that? the fact you want to dictate what the rest of the plane can and cannot do on the flight. what if the person sitting next to you wants to work on his laptop? are you going to prohibit that too? As other posters wrote, some people do not sleep on planes and some are so well-prepared that they bring blinders (soft eye covers). Your last statement was about as arrogant and selfish as I've read. As arrogant and selfish as someone who says if I want to sleep I should bring eye shades? How are these two statements different? because *you* are the one for which the flicker is disturbing. the rest of the plane is not bothered by it - they are either asleep or watching the movie. if the flicker bothers you, then you need to buy eyeshades or fly on a plane that has no in flight entertainment. |
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