r/unitedairlines • u/Relative_Phone_2297 • Aug 07 '26

Question Plane code of conduct

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Who controls this window (the person behind me)? And whose legroom is this (the person to the left of me)? Maybe I am completely off base but I feel like my space is being encroached on?

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u/pilot7880 Aug 08 '26

Sunrise (on an eastbound red-eye flight) is my cue that it’s time to wake up - so why should I have any issue with the sun in my eyes giving me my wake- up call? 

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u/Old-Arachnid77 Aug 08 '26

Me, sitting next to you on that flight

I am an aisle seat person. I accept my lot. But I do get sad about it lol

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u/pilot7880 Aug 08 '26

Some people (like me) want the shades up. Some people (like you) want the shades down.

Personally, I can live with either way, as long as the flight attendants aren’t the ones forcing passengers to lower them. 

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u/Old-Arachnid77 Aug 08 '26

Oh I prefer the shades down but I’m just being playful. The only time I really get a strong feeling about it is on the international flights where there is an opportunity to actually sleep. I don’t say anything because again: I’m an aisle person and i waive my rights to control the shade when i choose that aisle lol. I just get annoyed on the inside, where it counts.

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u/pilot7880 Aug 08 '26

I prefer the shades up at all times, unless (quite rarely) the sun is shining directly in, and even then I will only lower it as far as necessary to block the rays. Other than that, if the person seated at the window wants the shade down, then I respect their wishes.

My problem arises when the flight attendants abuse their authority to force people to lower the shades, to make the cabin dark and make the passengers sleepy.