BRING BACK THE BLINDS?

I find the dimmable window technology on the Boeing 787 to be impressive; but alas, it has not improved things.

First, even at their darkest, the windows do not block out light in the way a simple shade would. Secondly, they can be centrally controlled. On a recent long flight with Royal Air Maroc over the Sahara, the sun was streaming directly through my window. As the dimming had been centrally disabled, I had no way of blocking the light for the first few hours of the flight.

Removing window shades has been a step backwards, not forwards, for passenger comfort, whatever Boeing may claim.

Christopher Ruane, Lanark

BOEING REPLIES:

The windows can be either centrally or individually controlled, and the airline crew decides which functionality to switch on, and when. In this instance, we would recommend you ask Royal Air Maroc’s crew [to dim the window].