The view from an airplane window. Here's why you should open your window shades during takeoff and landing on an airplane. Per a new report from Paddle Your Own Kanoo, United Airlines has decided that ...

It’s important to keep an open blind. Having the window shade open during takeoff and landing might seem like an unnecessary nuisance. However, there’s an important safety reason for this seemingly ...

That quiet moment before landing, when the cabin lights dim and everyone prepares for touchdown, often comes with one small but firm instruction: “Please keep your window shade open.” It sounds like a ...

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I’ve been traveling a lot recently, and I’m here to report that a worrying tendency has taken hold among my fellow Americans. We are turning our gaze away from the world, looking inward, not with ...

Everybody has their opinions about airplane etiquette, and that's mainly because air travel has become such a nightmare, in part because so many air travel passengers have become nightmares. But one ...