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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Airliner cabin lights query
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 23:13:06 EST
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> One thing that has always puzzled me as a passenger in airliners 
> is that the flight crew always dims or turns off the cabin lights
> during night/evening takeoffs.  

They don't always turn them off.  I figured it was always so that
we could look out the window easier when we got close enough to the
ground to see something.  I always appreciate it when the do.  They
also dim the lights on long flights after dinner so you can sleep.

If there really was a safety reason, why don't they turn the lights
out on approach during the daytime?

-Ron