Why do they do it?...
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 4:34 am
I suspect I know the answer, but anyway...
On board HA451 the other day, HNL - SYD.....departs HNL at 12:45 Friday afternoon.....which is 09:00 Saturday East Coast Australia. Crew rush through the first service, then make an announcement about closing window shades.
Now, if returning to East coast Oz time zone, a flight commencing at 09:00 destination time would be a perfect opportunity to 'Fly through the day'....arrival is at 19:45 local (23:45 at HNL), the last 2 hours or so are in darkness.
No no, crew make an announcement to close all blinds.....well I don't, I just keep staring out my open window!.....a few people tried to sleep I think, others like Mrs Fliegs watched shows / movies etc.
I wondered if these people routinely lock themselves into a dark room from about 10:30am until after dark on other Saturdays throughout the year? So, yes at the end of the flight it is late at the departure City but relatively early at the arrival City. I was exposed to a full day of natural light while others were cooped up in darkness, at a time utterly wrong for their Destination City.
I had a lovely time gazing out over the Pacific, observing cloud formations etc etc. as every other Pacific crossing I've done has been in complete darkness!
(Incidentally, the same thing happened the day before flying JFK to HNL, again flying to the East, again through the middle of the day, similarly, I enjoyed splendid views right across the Continental US, and on across the Pacific, crew wanted windows down, I explained my IFE was the window!)
On board HA451 the other day, HNL - SYD.....departs HNL at 12:45 Friday afternoon.....which is 09:00 Saturday East Coast Australia. Crew rush through the first service, then make an announcement about closing window shades.
Now, if returning to East coast Oz time zone, a flight commencing at 09:00 destination time would be a perfect opportunity to 'Fly through the day'....arrival is at 19:45 local (23:45 at HNL), the last 2 hours or so are in darkness.
No no, crew make an announcement to close all blinds.....well I don't, I just keep staring out my open window!.....a few people tried to sleep I think, others like Mrs Fliegs watched shows / movies etc.
I wondered if these people routinely lock themselves into a dark room from about 10:30am until after dark on other Saturdays throughout the year? So, yes at the end of the flight it is late at the departure City but relatively early at the arrival City. I was exposed to a full day of natural light while others were cooped up in darkness, at a time utterly wrong for their Destination City.
I had a lovely time gazing out over the Pacific, observing cloud formations etc etc. as every other Pacific crossing I've done has been in complete darkness!
(Incidentally, the same thing happened the day before flying JFK to HNL, again flying to the East, again through the middle of the day, similarly, I enjoyed splendid views right across the Continental US, and on across the Pacific, crew wanted windows down, I explained my IFE was the window!)