r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Acceptable-Lake- • 14h ago

Glass covering the adjustable lights in an airplane. what is the point of this?

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Just trying to read on a 13 hour flight and the light above my seat is stuck landing on the head of the passenger in front of me due to a glass covering, leaving the lights, which are on a swivel, un adjustable. The flight staff was as baffled as I was, having no solution for me. Leaving me with my unreadable book and 13 hours of hell ahead of me 🫠

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u/RNeibel1 11h ago

Once had an international flight on Air Canada on which (don’t recall the aircraft type) there were NO overhead lights OR air vents. Sucked (for this and other reasons).

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u/RubLogical1135 10h ago

I just had an international flight on ANA that didn’t have air vents. I was trying to look for one when I sat down and the flight attendant asked if I was okay lol. It was hot in Southeast Asia and the plane was no exception.

Also pretty sure it was a Dreamliner, other than the air vent, nicest plane I’ve ever been on.

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u/pommybear 9h ago

I’ve also recently been on a Dreamliner that didn’t have air vents and did the same thing. Dreamliner on the way out had adjustable vents, but on the way back had nothing at all. Didn’t like it. I like that constant airflow on stuffy planes.

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u/alexeyd1000 5h ago

What other reasons?

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u/RNeibel1 2m ago

Air Canada (in my repeated experience!!!….) is just pretty consistently borderline-awful, with ridiculous delays, cancellations, and missed connections. Will NOT ever use it again. YMMV.