Mea Culpa X 3. As a working crew member, I accept that many crews just find it easier to keep the cabin dark and cold for THEIR convenience, and I believe passenger accommodation should prevail on the varied shade up or down, dim or not issues.Cheers to all.

Not sure that the tick for the crew is warranted 100%, but open to debate this, as I am a crew member as well. Any alternate take on this, me Lord?

I agree.I usually find most crew members cooperative when I explain that I am slightly claustrophobic and I really need to open the shade once in a while.Bottom line is the crew is there to serve us, tha paying passengers from whence salary comes, and not to accomodate THEIR NEED to keep all...

Hello David,Thanks for the alert, and I hope you can publish more details, from a Miami based airline geek and veteran.I look forward to be able to bid on some mementos.Cordially,Ray

The idea of a social area, while enticing-whatever EK aircraft you fly on- has never made sense to me, after 15 years of flying them on long haul trips out of DXB. Particularly dumb idea was on the 777-ER, smack in the middle of the cabin, with the annoying lighting, and the noise generated by th...