Years ago I was on a flight that did this. They also showed the altimiter. When they pull the flaps you drop like a stone, and seeing that altimiter drop so fast is pretty unsettling. Last night I flew on a plane that did the same, but they turned off the altimiter view before that point.
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I was on an international flight recently that had a few different camera angles you could watch. Flying over the Himalayas was an exceptional view out the window so I was glued to that angle instead of the cameras on a six inch screen. I think it was a Thai airlines flight from Bangkok to London but I don't recall.
IMO they should make the screen into a phone / tablet mount. And move back the announcement screen back to the isle to comply with regulations, etc.
They should have the camera looking out the cockpit window slowly point downwards toward the ground as the camera is flying along.
Agree. Straight down might be best. I want to see the world as we pass over.
I am just sleeping nowadays, dont give a fuck about movies or anything else. Its 8 hours of nothing, i better go sleeping
How do you manage to sleep, I feel like I never have enough space to do it without disturbing others
Almost all airlines with screens now have cameras you can choose to watch. That being said, none of them are actually out of the cockpit window and are all external cameras. They are usually not very interesting except during takeoff/landing as they’ll usually just show clouds or ocean or land that’s too far away to make anything out.
Some have maps which I enjoy watching. When you can't see the land below you can at least see which random tiny islands you are flying over.
Maybe having all of the passengers watching the pilot's every move might put too much pressure on them