By: Bmused55 - 18th June 2004 at 07:50
Surprising how light cabins are only with the windows. Or don’t I see a light source? IS it also done in daylight?
Yup
they dimmed, well turned off, the cabin light on the Dash8Q400 Matthew and I flew.
We took off with the sun shining bright both outbound and indbound
By: SPIT - 17th June 2004 at 23:12
Hi DashQ
It may be to enhance the beauty of the cabin staff but WHY DOES IT “NOT” WORK ON MY WIFE (A good job shes not reading this)!!!
By: DashQ - 17th June 2004 at 20:30
As well as allowing passenger’s eyes to adjust to changes in light in an evacuation, dimming the lights is done to also:
– alow rescue teams to see inside the aircraft
– enchance the beauty of flight attendants (good for company’s image when people leave the plane and get their final impressions of the airline)
By: Jeanske_SN - 17th June 2004 at 19:28
Surprising how light cabins are only with the windows. Or don’t I see a light source? IS it also done in daylight?
By: RIPConcorde - 17th June 2004 at 19:13
Yes I think that is the case, but some airlines don;t seem to find it necessary. For example Qantas or Australian Airline didn’t dim the cabin lights on any of our take-offs/landing at night. Really quite annoying, because the glare meant I couldn’t see anything as it was out of the window.
Yes that gets to me too. I like take-off at night with the lights off, you get a good view out the window, then the lights come on and the window turns into a mirror!
By: topjet330 - 17th June 2004 at 19:06
which was the case on the Air Transat A330 which glided over the Atlantic, the power went off.
By: wannabe pilot - 17th June 2004 at 19:06
Yes I think that is the case, but some airlines don;t seem to find it necessary. For example Qantas or Australian Airline didn’t dim the cabin lights on any of our take-offs/landing at night. Really quite annoying, because the glare meant I couldn’t see anything as it was out of the window.
By: gpb_croppers63 - 17th June 2004 at 18:44
You’re right RIP. They dim the cabin lights so that your eyes are already adjusted to the dark conditions should you lose all power and need to evacuate the aircraft.
By: RIPConcorde - 17th June 2004 at 18:40
Could be something to do with your eyes having to get used to the dark, if the lights stay on at night you won’t be able to see for a period of time if the lights suddenly go out…for whatever reason. 😉
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