Knee How Maw (pardon my poor phonetic Chinese) Mr Yu. I've always wondered that myself. Could it be they want people to realize that they're actually taking off <grin>? Richard On Mon, 27 May 2002 12:35:05 +0800 "Chi Shing YU [QMD]" <csyu@hkpc.org> writes: > Anybody knows WHY the FA always requests the window shield (curtain) > open = > during take-off? > > C.S. >