One Mature Travellers Somewhat Cynical Viewpoint on What is Going on in the World we Move About

Thursday, 20 October 2011

OK so it's cold outside! So what?


I rather like the scrolling map that many airlines provide on TV screens for the use of their passengers.

I enjoy seeing the route we will take and hope that it may enable me to pinpoint spots on the Aetna surface.  Sometimes it does and I can see and identify a mountain range or an island.

I like being told our air speed and ETA at my disembarkation airport if only that it helps me plan a visit to the planes bathroom or permit me the luxury of hanging on for a little while longer.

It is all for the most part useful information generally well presented but why I wonder do they feel the need to tell me that outside the air temperature is minus 72 degrees Fahrenheit.

Do they think I might need to know its cold outside and, that in case I want a walk across the expanse of wing, I need to wrap up warmly?

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