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 ...

Air travel is a struggle under the best of circumstances. Legroom seems to shrink with every trip, and the argument about whether it’s rude to recline one’s seat rages on (though some airlines have ...

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 ...

The person closest to the window in every row gets to control the shade. On overnight flights, or very early morning ones, it’s just the right thing to do to keep your window shade closed so everyone ...

Oh, plenty of people know why we’re required to open those shades on takeoff and landing—the problem is that all their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Air travel is a struggle under the best of ...

It was the mile-high fight club. New York real estate agent Eric Goldie was just plane fed up with a fellow passenger reaching into his row to open the window shade on a flight — so he took matters ...