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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. If a movie wasn't going, many of the people who can't sleep in an airplane (like me) would turn on the overhead light to read a book. If there is a movie I will keep my light off. I assure you a few flickering movie screens are much darker than half the reading lights on. I would suggest the purchase of a sleep mask. Cheers, Geoff Glave Vancouver, Canada |
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![]() "Jim Ley" wrote in message ... On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 13:19:35 -0700, "Peter L" wrote: Are you really so naive not to see the reason - how does the movie distract you anyway? some loud popcorn muncher behind you or was it the ice cream seller in the interval? 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. So a mask would be appropriate, and would not impose your needs on the rest of the people. Or a book would be appropriate for those who need entertainment, which would not impose their needs on the majority of the passenger on this particular flight, who needs to sleep. I don't know where you get the impression that most passengers wanted the movie, and that I was trying to impose my needs on others. My casual look at people around me indicated that the overwhelming majority wanted to sleep. And for those people who needs entertainment, there are a number of music channels, Some people may not find "music" entertaining. and they can read the magazine from cover to cover. And the other 5 hours of the 5 hour flight? Jim. |
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![]() "mrtravel" wrote in message . .. Peter L wrote: The flickering light is the most bothersome. People who want entertainment in the middle of the night can read a book. People bothered by light should wear a mask. It's a 4 hour flight. How much time do you really have to sleep? About 8 hours. It's a red eye. How much time do you sleep at night? |
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![]() "Geoff Glave" -r-g wrote in message news:Y0r7b.97726$kW.42403@edtnps84... 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. If a movie wasn't going, many of the people who can't sleep in an airplane (like me) would turn on the overhead light to read a book. If there is a movie I will keep my light off. I assure you a few flickering movie screens are much darker than half the reading lights on. My casual observation was that way less than half the people couldn't go to sleep. I would say that close to 90% of the passengers was trying to sleep. I would suggest the purchase of a sleep mask. Cheers, Geoff Glave Vancouver, Canada |
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![]() Peter L wrote: "mrtravel" wrote in message . .. Peter L wrote: The flickering light is the most bothersome. People who want entertainment in the middle of the night can read a book. People bothered by light should wear a mask. It's a 4 hour flight. How much time do you really have to sleep? 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. |
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:10:50 -0700, "Peter L"
wrote: Or a book would be appropriate for those who need entertainment, which would not impose their needs on the majority of the passenger on this particular flight, who needs to sleep. I don't know where you get the impression that most passengers wanted the movie, and that I was trying to impose my needs on others. Do you want some sort of vote to take place first, most people are able to sleep with a flickering light, being sensitive to movement is not common to everyone (I am incidently, even the screen saver on my mobile phone distracts me from working) So we are a minority, and you are trying to enforce your view on what others should do, an eye mask or a jumper around the head, is a simple step you can use to ensure that you can sleep, you know this, don't impose yourself on others. Jim. |
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![]() "Jim Ley" wrote in message ... On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:10:50 -0700, "Peter L" wrote: Or a book would be appropriate for those who need entertainment, which would not impose their needs on the majority of the passenger on this particular flight, who needs to sleep. I don't know where you get the impression that most passengers wanted the movie, and that I was trying to impose my needs on others. Do you want some sort of vote to take place first, most people are able to sleep with a flickering light, being sensitive to movement is not common to everyone (I am incidently, even the screen saver on my mobile phone distracts me from working) So we are a minority, and you are trying to enforce your view on what others should do, an eye mask or a jumper around the head, is a simple step you can use to ensure that you can sleep, you know this, don't impose yourself on others. 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. Nor do they wake you up for meals. 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. Jim. |
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![]() "mrtravel" wrote in message . .. Peter L wrote: "mrtravel" wrote in message . .. Peter L wrote: The flickering light is the most bothersome. People who want entertainment in the middle of the night can read a book. People bothered by light should wear a mask. It's a 4 hour flight. How much time do you really have to sleep? 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. |
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:42:53 -0700, "Peter L"
wrote: So we are a minority, and you are trying to enforce your view on what others should do, an eye mask or a jumper around the head, is a simple step you can use to ensure that you can sleep, you know this, don't impose yourself on others. 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. Which I think has been answered in that it's not strange, lots of us enjoy a movie as we are unable to sleep - an 8 hour flight would require 3 novels for me, along with my valuables (notebook camera etc.) I've not got room for that in my dayback. So even though I enjoy reading on a night flight, it's not that convenient, I've also inconvenienced people sleeping next to me who don't like the light. Watching the movie at least gives them a chance to get off to sleep. On long international flights in my experience, they don't show a movie during what usually constitutes sleep time for most passengers. All international flights I've flown have done (well ignoring those with PTV's of course) Jim. |
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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. How much sleep do you get on a 3 1/2 flight? |
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