Before every flight, you hear that familiar instruction from the crew: “Please raise your window shades for takeoff and landing.” It may seem like a trivial request, especially when all you want is to ...

Raising window blinds during takeoff and landing on an airplane may seem like just a routine, somewhat cumbersome procedure. Meanwhile, as it turns out, there is an important safety reason behind this ...

Raise them, lower them, raise ’em again. A plane’s window shades tend to get quite a workout during a typical flight, but many passengers don’t realize why flight attendants often care so much about ...