Bloody Cold
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Willikins

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304 posts

236 months

Wednesday 14th August 2013
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So what's the reason the cabin temp is so cold on long hall flights. Cabin crew either didn't know or didn't want to answer this morning. Happens every time so not just my bad luck surely ?

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Wednesday 14th August 2013
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Baby it's cold outside (-50 degrees C).

Simpo Two

92,675 posts

294 months

Wednesday 14th August 2013
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So the passengers go into hibernation and eat less food.

scubadude

2,619 posts

226 months

Wednesday 14th August 2013
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Given that you have 300 people in a sealed tube its amazing they can control the temprature at all!

I'll take cool over hot and stuffy anyday. My missus is from CT so we fly down their often and invariable scoop up some hot desert air around North Africa and the decrepid BA 747's have trouble cooling it back down so often a hot hour while the aircon gradually wins the battle- its pretty horrid.

FourWheelDrift

92,238 posts

313 months

Wednesday 14th August 2013
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Willikins said:
So what's the reason the cabin temp is so cold on long hall flights. Cabin crew either didn't know or didn't want to answer this morning. Happens every time so not just my bad luck surely ?
Someone left a window open?

c7xlg

928 posts

261 months

Wednesday 14th August 2013
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I have to say in the c.400,000 miles I've flown on airliners I can't ever remember being too cold (well apart from the -30C mornings at ORD whilst boarding). However I have been on flights a number of times where it has been far too warm and stuffy in the cabin.... So I'd suggest either you've been very 'unlucky' or are a cold-blooded thing who'd like the cabin to be sub-tropical!

northwest monkey

6,370 posts

218 months

Wednesday 14th August 2013
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I've been on a flight to the Maldives & it was bloody freezing. Loads of people were complaining about it so it wasn't just me & I'm normally a warm person. On the plus side, there were lots of very cold womenhehe

Willikins

Original Poster:

304 posts

236 months

Wednesday 14th August 2013
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I don't normally feel the cold as I work outdoors all year round. Only time it's been to hot is when we are sitting on the ground waiting to go or something. Maybe I'll take a 3 bar heater next time and see if I can get them to plug it in smile

EdBarrett

270 posts

172 months

Friday 16th August 2013
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Maybe they take the same logic as me... If you are in a hot room, you can't make yourself cooler. Yet if you are in a cold room, you can wear a jumper, cover yourself in a blanket etc to warm up.

That way everyone can regulate the temperature of how they want to be.

Orrrrrrrrrr the captain knows that scantily dressed women enroute to a hot destination will be putting on a show if its a little 'nippy' in the cabin.