Air conditioning yes or no? Fight breaks out between two passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight

Futile reasons for quarrels are always around the corner, but on airplanes-particularly on airplanes-they are often under the air conditioning vent. 

If you have seen, at least one video of the Barbone, you will be very familiar with his obsession with this object. It doesn't matter if he travels first class or economy, one of the first things he looks for is just the nozzles to manage the temperature in his living space.

Certainly innovation has come aboard aircraft as well, Lufthansa first to offer on board its aircraft outfitted with Allegris, the cooled and heated seats, as on more modern cars. In economy, however, things are still stuck in the past, indeed unfortunately as Matteo explains in the many reviews, vents are increasingly being eliminated to save on aircraft maintenance and the temperature is controlled only by the crew.

An American aviation and travel site, View from the Wing, wrote about a recent quarrel between two passengers specifically over the management of air conditioning on board a flight Delta Air Lines. According to reports, one of the two passengers Would have closed the next passenger's air conditioning vent at least four times because it was freezing. And from there a heated discussion ensued.

Then in front of a flight attendant, who intervened to calm tempers, the chilled passenger allegedly told the other: "I paid for the place, not for the common air conditioning.". And finally, twenty minutes from landing, he asked for a cup of hot water to warm himself. Episodes like these happen often, on almost every flight of every airline. They are quite frequent.

What to do when such incidents of disagreement occur? Definitely first try to talk calmly with the other passenger, explain, and then in case no results are achieved call a crew member who can find a solution.

Beyond this small episode of "shipboard reporting." the issue of cabin air conditioning is one that comes back often and always raises great discussion: air conditioning yes or no? For or against?

This is why we had written an article some time ago explaining--plane by plane--where to sit to "escape" the air conditioning. Obviously not the one in the vents, which can be operated manually by the passenger himself, but the one that comes out of the augels placed on the vault of the cabin, the ones to be understood that the individual passenger cannot control. And these change depending on the model of airplane on which you are traveling.

From wide-body planes, to narrow-body planes. here you can find all the useful tips and directions for strategically positioning yourself and choosing the best place to enjoy the journey without risking getting frozen.

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