Open window shades are fine, but I dispute the framing. Flying in an airplane is awesome. Pack me in an aluminum tube any day.
Elias G Saba
“Nothing can make a lengthy flight packed in an aluminum tube feel good, exactly, but having the shades closed is a reliable way to make it worse,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes. He makes the case for leaving your airplane-window shades open:
Only watching movies on the plane takes away from whatever magic is left in air travel.
